scrivener

[ skriv-ner ]

noun

1. scribe ¹( defs 1, 2 ).
2. a notary.

scrivener

/ ˈskrɪvnə /

noun

1. a person who writes out deeds, letters, etc; copyist
2. a notary

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrivener¹

1325–75; Middle English scriveyner, equivalent to scrivein (< Old French escrivein; scribe ¹, -an ) + -er -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrivener¹

C14: from scrivein clerk, from Old French escrivain, ultimately from Latin scrība scribe

Example Sentences

Kathleen Scrivener, from Torquay, said she felt the trial was unfair and had asked SWW to opt out, only to be told that was not possible.

From BBC

When it comes to all of the above, James McBride takes a page from Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”

From New York Times

Guido Migliozzi — an Italian with a chance of making the Ryder Cup team — and Australia’s Jason Scrivener shot 65 and were one stroke off the lead.

From Seattle Times

When play resumed for the second time Smith, playing in Australia for the first time in three years, made bogey on the 11th to fall back level with Scrivener and Hisatsune, but responded with a birdie at the 12th to regain the outight lead.

From Seattle Times

Scrivener’s charge stumbled with a double bogey on the 17th after his long birdie putt rolled off the green and into the back corner of a bunker.

From Seattle Times

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