scrivener
1scrivener — scriv·en·er / skri və nər/ n [Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo French escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write]: a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal… …
2Scrivener — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Charles Scrivener (1855–1923), australischer Geodät Christiane Scrivener (* 1925), französische Politikerin Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (1813–1891), anglikanischer Pfarrer und Textkritiker des Neuen… …
3Scrivener — Scrive ner (? or ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. [ e]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …
4scrivener — professional penman, copyist, late 14c. (early 13c. as a surname), from scrivein scribe (c.1300), from O.Fr. escrivain a writer, notary, clerk, from V.L. *scribanem accusative of scriba a scribe, from scribere (see SCRIPT (Cf. script)) …
5scrivener — ► NOUN historical ▪ a clerk, scribe, or notary. ORIGIN Old French escrivein, from Latin scriba (see SCRIBE(Cf. ↑scribe)) …
6scrivener — [skriv′ən ər] n. [ME scriveyner, extended < scrivein < OFr escrivain < VL * scribanus < L scriba, SCRIBE] Archaic 1. a scribe, copyist, or clerk 2. a notary …
7Scrivener — A scrivener (or scribe) was traditionally a person who could read and write. This usually indicated secretarial and administrative duties such as dictation and keeping business, judicial, and history records for kings, nobles, temples, and cities …
8Scrivener — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Barrage Scrivener, Charles Scrivener, Christiane Scrivener et Loi Scrivener. Scrivener …
9Scrivener — This unusual and interesting name is a medieval English occupational surname for a writer , a clerk, especially one who writes and copies books and manuscripts. The derivation of the name is from the Olde French escrivein , escrivain , writer,… …
10scrivener — n. writer out of documents; lawyer. ♦ scrivener s palsy, writer s cramp. ♦ scrivenery, n …
