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noun \ ˈskrīb \
Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of scribe

1 :a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists
2 a :an official or public secretary or clerk
b :a copier of manuscripts
3 :writer; specifically :journalist

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Origin and Etymology of scribe

Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline

Other Job Terms

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

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verb

Definition of scribe

scribed; scribing
intransitive verb
:to work as a scribe :write

First Known Use of scribe

1782

Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

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scribe

verb

Definition of scribe

scribed; scribing
transitive verb
1 :to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2 :to make by cutting or scratching

Origin and Etymology of scribe

probably short for describe

Other Building Terms

batten, cistern, hearth, lath, transom, wainscot

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scribe

noun

Definition of scribe

:scriber

First Known Use of scribe

1812

Other Hardware Terms

adze, auger, awl, chock, ferrule, punch, tang

Scribe

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biographical name \ ˈskrēb \

Definition of Scribe

(Augustin-) Eugène 1791–1861 French dramatist

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noun \ ˈskrīb \

Definition of scribe for Students

:a person who copies writing (as in a book)

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