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[ skriv-ner ] / ˈskrɪv nər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR scrivener ON THESAURUS.COM
nounscribe1 (defs. 1, 2). a notary. Origin of scrivener1325–75; Middle English scriveyner, equivalent to scrivein (<Old French escrivein;see scribe 1, -an) + -er-er 1Words nearby scrivenerscript reader, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrive board, scrivener, scrobble, scrobiculate, scrod, scrofula, scrofuloderma Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scrivenerBartleby, the Scrivener must be the most famous short fiction in American literature. David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST But perhaps the best way to read the Bush memoir is as the elusive pièce de résistance of the most loyal Bush scrivener. Bush's Ghostwriter|Bryan Curtis|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST Gentlemen, I'll to the scrivener's, to cause these writings to be drawn. A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt Certainly this news is true; for see another: by this light, his scrivener! A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt
Yes, I think they are; would the scrivener were paid for making them. A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt Milton was the son of a London scrivener, and Pope and Southey were the sons of linendrapers. His father, John, who was the son disinherited, had recourse for his support to the profession of a scrivener. Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley|Samuel Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for scrivener
noun archaica person who writes out deeds, letters, etc; copyist a notary Word Origin for scrivenerC14: from scrivein clerk, from Old French escrivain, ultimately from Latin scrība scribe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to scrivenercorrespondent, reporter, writer, columnist, press, commentator, editor, broadcaster, interviewer, journalist, announcer, publicist, cub, hack, contributor, scribe, newsperson, stringer, registrar, witness |