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noun

ˈskrīb How to pronounce scribe (audio)
Definition of scribenext
1
as in amanuensis
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them

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2
as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings

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3
as in writer
a person who creates a written work a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe

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scribe

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verb

as in to file
to mark with or as if with a line or groove carefully scribed two lines into the wood

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Recent Examples of scribe
Noun
Socrates had the same fear about the act of writing, scribes had the same fear about Gutenberg’s printing press, and John Saxon had the same fear about the calculator. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Many workers who could not write Chinese relied on scribes to compose the letters. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Our scribes are pre-medical students who volunteer part time at the clinic to gain clinical experience, a requisite for admission to medical school. — Benjamin I. Lee, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026 Admittedly, this scribe has waxed lovingly about way too many Broncos backs over the years. — Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scribe
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribe
  1. amanuensis
  2. registrar
  3. writer
  4. file
  5. copyist
  6. clerk
  7. author
  8. scratch
Noun
  • Much later, when Lamarck was old and blind, this Rosalie would be his amanuensis, reading to him, conducting research for him, and even writing for him.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • 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.
    — Laura van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Definition of amanuensis
Noun
  • No opposition for the measure was submitted to the registrar-recorder/county clerk.
    — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Cole is King’s manager, communications director, and registrar.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of registrar
Noun
  • Our mission is to support readers and writers of all ages and histories, and to build community through fiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Information for this article was contributed by Sammy Westfall of The Washington Post and staff writers of The Associated Press.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of writer
Verb
  • McKinsey responded to his wife's court filing by requesting a domestic violence protection order against her and filing for divorce.
    — TERRY CHEA, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Minnesota filed a lawsuit over most of the money that remains pending.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of file
Noun
  • At the same time, new technologies started to produce identical copies better and faster than any human copyist ever could.
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Definition of copyist
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Brown, a former security official with the Michigan Department of State, said her group has hired former CISA employees to help provide training and other support to election clerks and fill the gap.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The broker’s role shifts from data entry clerk to data reviewer.
    — Wesley D. Snow, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of clerk
Noun
  • Flournoy was joined in conversation by Brit Bennett, author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Vanishing Half, and Raven Leilani, author of The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize-winning book Luster.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • La Presse said that a 2012 short story by Orelien had plagiarized passages from a book by French author Louis Pauwels, while a 2013 opinion piece copied from The Philippine Star newspaper.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of author
Verb
  • Perhaps that’s just a tactic of a contender behind in the polls and scratching away to be the first Republican to lead California since Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The fight was so violent that each one of them punched, scratched, bit and slapped the other, Linhardt said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of scratch

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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribe. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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