SCRIBES Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of scribe

as in calligraphers

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 clerks

an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

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as in writers

a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

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nonauthors

scribes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scribe

as in files

to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Assistant clerks Patricia Guciardo, 73, and Emily McClintock, 42, are each charged with one count of falsifying election returns or records, a maximum 5-year felony, one count of voting absentee and in person, and one count of offering to vote more than once.

Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Volunteer poll workers informed the three assistant clerks and were instructed to override the system and issue in-person ballots, Nessel said.

Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024

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