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as in amanuensis
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts
variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them
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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings
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as in writer
a person who creates a written work
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
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Recent Examples of scribe
Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
And our senior writers are basically the 1999 Rams offense of football scribes.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The actor reflected on his first massive American production, co-starring Christopher Reeve and co-written by The Godfather scribe Mario Puzo, to The Hollywood Reporter in 2013.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Writing and agriculture were so closely intertwined that the Sumerian goddess of grain, Nisaba, eventually also became the goddess of writing and patron of scribes.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
And our senior writers are basically the 1999 Rams offense of football scribes.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
But Pinstripes Nation scribe Sara Molnick filled in the blanks on Monday.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The actor reflected on his first massive American production, co-starring Christopher Reeve and co-written by The Godfather scribe Mario Puzo, to The Hollywood Reporter in 2013.
—Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribe
Noun
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Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production.—
Laura van Straaten,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses.—
Sage Mehta,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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This was the second meeting in a row where Wagner and Nguyen did not win enough support to give formal direction to the registrar’s office.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mara Brock Akil is set to receive one of the industry’s highest honors at this year’s Hollywood Confidential, where the trailblazing writer and producer will be celebrated with the ICON Award.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
13 Sep. 2025
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Susan Devaney is the staff writer at British Vogue, covering fashion, celebrity and lifestyle news and features.—
Susan Devaney,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray is set to hold a news conference to announce the charges against Robinson after they are filed in the late morning and will be made available to the public immediately after that, according to Utah County officials.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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According to a Manhattan Supreme Court foreclosure suit filed in December that names both Bill and Camille, the pair stopped making payments on the loans in June 2024 in addition to failing to pay over $300,000 in property taxes.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
15 Sep. 2025
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Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Material features can also include things like colophons—formulas at the end of a text that attest to its completeness and fidelity and often also include the name of the copyist—doodles in the margins, mistakes and corrections, even handwriting style.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His teenage son, John Wesley, worked as a clerk who tuned stringed instruments.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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The application goes to the city clerk and then gets sent to The Citizen Advisory Committee on the Naming of Streets.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Education Assembly Bill 715 was the only priority bill of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, aiming to address antisemitism in California public schools that authors have argued has become worse in recent years, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Productions must also pass a test which allocates points to factors such as the language of the broadcast, the nationality of key members of the crew and the author of the subject matter.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That 133-page City audit barely scratched the surface of the overall dysfunction at the City’s animal shelter.—
Michael Wagner,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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But these figures only scratch the surface of Nepal’s deep economic problems, which include pervasive vulnerable employment – informal and insecure work that is prone to poor conditions and pay – and limited opportunities that constrain long-term productivity.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribe. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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