name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scrivener
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: S K R IH1 V N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: copyist, scribe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: employee
Narrower terms: Ezra
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: escribán — professional writer
- Bulgarian: писар (pisar) — professional writer
- Catalan: escrivà — professional writer
- Dutch: schrijver — professional writer
- Esperanto: skribisto — professional writer
- French: scribe — professional writer
- French: écrivain public — professional writer
- German: Schreiber — professional writer
- Italian: scrivano — professional writer
- Latin: tabelliō — professional writer
- Manx: cleragh — professional writer
- Norwegian Bokmål: skriver — professional writer
- Polish: skryba — professional writer
- Portuguese: escrivão — professional writer
- Portuguese: escriba — professional writer
- Russian: писе́ц (piséc) — professional writer
- Russian: пи́сарь (písarʹ) — professional writer
- Spanish: amanuense — professional writer
- Spanish: escribano — professional writer
- Turkish: arzuhâlci — professional writer
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