scrivener
scriv·en·er
noun \ˈskriv-nər, ˈskri-və-\Definition of SCRIVENER
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: a professional or public copyist or writer : scribe
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See Examples of SCRIVENER
- <the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom>
- <the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener>
Origin of SCRIVENER
Middle English scriveiner, alteration of scrivein, from Anglo-French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scriban-, scriba, alteration of Latin scriba scribe
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to SCRIVENER
Antonyms: nonauthor
Related Words: auteur, belletrist (also belle-lettrist), stylist, wordsmith; coauthor, coscenarist, cowriter; ghostwriter, hack, hatchet man, scribbler, wordmonger; biographer, hagiographer; autobiographer, memoirist, memorialist; fabulist, fictioneer, fictionist, novelist, romancer, storyteller; essayist, pamphleteer, satirist; dramatist, playwright, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter; prosaist, prosateur, proser; bard, poet, rhymer, versifier; blogger, columnist, journalist, newspaperman, paragrapher, reporter, sportswriter
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