amanuenses

plural of amanuensis
as in scribes
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved

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scribes
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  • Writing and agriculture were so closely intertwined that the Sumerian goddess of grain, Nisaba, eventually also became the goddess of writing and patron of scribes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
  • And our senior writers are basically the 1999 Rams offense of football scribes.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Amanuenses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amanuenses. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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