amanuensis
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noun \ə-ˌman-yə-ˈwen(t)-səs\ plural aman·u·en·ses\-(ˌ)sēz\
Definition of AMANUENSIS
: one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript
See Examples of AMANUENSIS
- <thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved>
Origin of AMANUENSIS
Latin, from (servus) a manu slave with secretarial duties
First Known Use: 1619
Related to AMANUENSIS
- Synonyms
- scribe, calligrapher, copyist, penman, scrivener
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