scribe
IPA: skrˈaɪb
noun
- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
- A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
- (informal) A journalist.
- (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
verb
- To write.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To record, as a scribe.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
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Examples of "scribe" in Sentences
- Ahmes was the son of the scribe.
- The name of the scribe was Michael.
- The name of the scribe inventor is unknown.
- The handwriting of the two scribes is ill matched.
- The person on the right side is a scribe reading the text.
- Possibly the accent of the Javanese speaker confused the scribe.
- Khaemwaset was a scribe of the sacred books in the House of Amun.
- He is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center.
- The manner in which the scribe did the copying is relatively mechanical.
- Merrin, has in the meantime, takes the job of a scribe in the Manuscriptorium.
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