scribe
n
1 a person who copies documents, esp. a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
2 a clerk or public copyist
3 (Old Testament) a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
4 (Judaism) a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
5 an author or journalist: used humorously
6 another name for →
scriber
vb
7 to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking ((in the senses: writer, etc.) C14: from Latin scriba clerk, from scribere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe) ♦
scribal adj
Scribe (French)
n Augustin Eugène (<PH:o><PH:g><PH:y><PH:s><PH:t><PH:F> <PH:Q><PH:Z><PH:E><PH:n>). 1791--1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
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scriber n a pointed steel tool used to score materials as a guide to cutting, etc.,
(Also called)
scribe
scribe
n
1 a person who copies documents, esp. a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
2 a clerk or public copyist
3 (Old Testament) a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
4 (Judaism) a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
5 an author or journalist: used humorously
6 another name for →
scriber
vb
7 to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
((in the senses: writer, etc.) C14: from Latin scriba clerk, from scribere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe)
♦
scribal adj
Scribe (French)
n Augustin Eugène (<PH:o><PH:g><PH:y><PH:s><PH:t><PH:F> <PH:Q><PH:Z><PH:E><PH:n>). 1791--1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
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Scribe (French) n Augustin Eugène (<PH:o><PH:g><PH:y><PH:s><PH:t><PH:F> <PH:Q><PH:Z><PH:E><PH:n>). 1791--1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
scribe
n
1 a person who copies documents, esp. a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
2 a clerk or public copyist
3 (Old Testament) a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
4 (Judaism) a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
5 an author or journalist: used humorously
6 another name for →
scriber
vb
7 to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
((in the senses: writer, etc.) C14: from Latin scriba clerk, from scribere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe)
♦
scribal adj
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scribe
amanuensis, clerk, copyist, notary (archaic) penman (rare) scrivener (archaic) secretary, writer
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