amanuensis

aman·u·en·sis

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

Examples of AMANUENSIS

1. <thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved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

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith