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scrivener

noun
/ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/UK/ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“to write”).

  1. derived from scriba
  2. derived from *scriba✻
  3. derived from escrivain
  4. derived from scrivein
  5. inherited from scryvener

Definitions

  1. A professional writer

    A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

    • Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.
    • ハイ そうですね ではご売却のご契約に関する細かいご説明はご帰国の際に司法書士を交えて…ハイ

  2. One whose business is to place money at interest

    One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

money scrivener

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