scrivener

scriv·en·er

noun \ˈskriv-nər, ˈskri-və-\

Definition of SCRIVENER

1

: a professional or public copyist or writer : scribe

2

: notary public

Examples of SCRIVENER

1. <the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom>
2. <the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener>

Origin of SCRIVENER

Middle English scriveiner, alteration of scrivein, from Anglo-French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scriban-, scriba, alteration of Latin scriba scribe

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SCRIVENER

Synonyms

litterateur (or littérateur), pen, penman, scribe, author, writer

Antonyms

nonauthor

Related Words

auteur, belletrist (also belle-lettrist), stylist, wordsmith; coauthor, coscenarist, cowriter; ghostwriter, hack, hatchet man, scribbler, wordmonger; biographer, hagiographer; autobiographer, memoirist, memorialist; fabulist, fictioneer, fictionist, novelist, romancer, storyteller; essayist, pamphleteer, satirist; dramatist, playwright, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter; prosaist, prosateur, proser; bard, poet, rhymer, versifier; blogger, columnist, journalist, newspaperman, paragrapher, reporter, sportswriter

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, tinker, webster, wordsmith