scribe
1 of 4noun (1)
ˈskrīb 
1
: a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists
2
a
: an official or public secretary or clerk
b
: a copier of manuscripts
3
: writer
specifically : journalist
scribe
2 of 4verb (1)
scribed; scribing
intransitive verb
: to work as a scribe : write
scribe
3 of 4verb (2)
scribed; scribing
transitive verb
1
: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2
: to make by cutting or scratching
scribe
4 of 4noun (2)
: scriber
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- amanuensis
- calligrapher
- copyist
- penman
- scrivener
Verb (2)
- groove
- score
- seam
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline
Verb (2)
probably short for describe
First Known Use
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1651, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1812, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
scribe
noun
ˈskrīb
: a person who copies writing (as in a book)
Biographical Definition
Scribe
biographical name
ˈskrēb
(Augustin-) Eugène 1791–1861 French dramatist
scribes 1 of 2
noun
1
as in copyists
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- copyists
- calligraphers
- scriveners
- amanuenses
- penmen
2
as in registrars
an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings Synonyms & Similar Words
- registrars
- clerks
- secretaries
- reporters
- registers
- archivists
- recorders
- historians
- bookkeepers
- chroniclers
- transcriptionists
- annalists
- documenters
3
as in writers
a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe Synonyms & Similar Words
- writers
- authors
- novelists
- storytellers
- litterateurs
- pens
- poets
- scriveners
- biographers
- wordsmiths
- penmen
- screenwriters
- women of letters
- reporters
- bloggers
- scribblers
- columnists
- littérateurs
- stylists
- men of letters
- journalists
- playwrights
- dramatists
- hagiographers
- co-writers
- cowriters
- ghostwriters
- memoirists
- coauthors
- autobiographers
- pamphleteers
- bards
- scriptwriters
- memorialists
- fabulists
- co-authors
- essayists
- fictionists
- auteurs
- sportswriters
- fictioneers
- newspapermen
- belletrists
- co-scenarists
- rhymers
- belle-lettrists
- scenarists
- versifiers
- satirists
- romancers
- hacks
- wordmongers
- prosaists
- hatchet men
- prosers
- prosateurs
- coscenarists
- paragraphers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonauthors
scribes
2 of 2verb
as in files
to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood Synonyms & Similar Words
- files
- grooves
- scratches
- scores
- mills
- seams
- flutes
- scarifies
- chamfers
- bevels
- rasps
- grazes
- abrades