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scribe

noun
/skɹaɪb//skɹaɪ̯b/UK/skɹaɪ̯b/US/skɹaɪ̯b/CA

Etymology

From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).

  1. derived from scribe
  2. inherited from scribe

Definitions

  1. Someone who writes

    Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

    • [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

  2. A journalist.

  3. A writer and doctor of the law

    A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

    2. To write.

    3. To write, engrave, or mark upon

      To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.

      • There—at Ioue wexed wroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it well conceale; / And bade Dan Phœbus Scribe her Appellation ſeale.
      • he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard

    4. To record, as a scribe.

    5. To write or draw with a scribe.

    6. To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to…

      To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.

    7. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

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Derived

air scribe, etching scribe, scribal, scribely, scribacious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA