scrivener

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈskɹɪvənəɹ/(US)

Definition of scrivener

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
    “Scrivener (enters with a paper in hand):Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed That is may be today read o'er in Paul's. And mark how well the sequel hangs together: Eleven hours I have spent to write it over[…]”
    “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”
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noun

  1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
    “Scrivener (enters with a paper in hand):Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed That is may be today read o'er in Paul's. And mark how well the sequel hangs together: Eleven hours I have spent to write it over[…]”
    “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. (obsolete)One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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”).

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