as in scribe
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thanks to the efforts of his dutiful amanuensis, copies of most of the author's letters and unpublished manuscripts have been preserved
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Recent Examples of amanuensis
Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production.
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Laura Van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
By Hillary Kelly The story goes that John Milton—who went blind in his early 40s—composed 20 lines of Paradise Lost in his mind each evening, and then repeated them aloud the next day to an assortment of amanuenses, among them his three daughters.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
Intermittent presidential advisor and capital-class amanuensis Larry Summers has, in similar terms, endorsed the idea that American workers must give up their labor market gains in order to end inflation.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
Andy had aided him in his earliest experiments, serving first as something of a guinea-pig-cum-amanuensis.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
Laura Van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025
The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
By Hillary Kelly The story goes that John Milton—who went blind in his early 40s—composed 20 lines of Paradise Lost in his mind each evening, and then repeated them aloud the next day to an assortment of amanuenses, among them his three daughters.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
Intermittent presidential advisor and capital-class amanuensis Larry Summers has, in similar terms, endorsed the idea that American workers must give up their labor market gains in order to end inflation.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2022
Andy had aided him in his earliest experiments, serving first as something of a guinea-pig-cum-amanuensis.
—Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amanuensis
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Created by the Wicked musical scribe Winnie Holzman, the teen drama made a star out of Claire Danes, who played the show’s heroine, 15-year-old Angela, through the ups and downs of early high school life.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Writers Guild is reminding members that writing for verticals or micro-dramas — the latest trend that is providing a lifetime to fledging actors and entry-level scribes — is covered by the minimum basic agreement (MBA).—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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