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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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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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as in writer
a person who creates a written work
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
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Recent Examples of scribe
Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
That’s just a bunch of blather, says your humble scribe, who has been covering government in this state for four decades.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
The weekend’s celebration of her installation included services, food, art, singing, dancing, synagogue tours and a visiting master Torah scribe who worked to restore the synagogue’s Torah scrolls.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The printing press didn’t make scribes faster.
—Alex Israel, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
That’s just a bunch of blather, says your humble scribe, who has been covering government in this state for four decades.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
In the end, OG Scream scribe Kevin Williamson returned to direct and co-write Scream 7, rebuilding the story around Campbell's Sidney, now married to a police chief and running a coffeehouse in Pine Grove, Ind.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
The weekend’s celebration of her installation included services, food, art, singing, dancing, synagogue tours and a visiting master Torah scribe who worked to restore the synagogue’s Torah scrolls.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribe
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Carver had 150 students as of last week, according to Yvonne Spruell, the school’s registrar.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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The dispute centered on LAFCO’s actions during the process of verifying the petition signatures, which ultimately reversed the San Diego County registrar of voters office’s initial determination that ACLJ’s petition drive had failed to gather enough valid signatures.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As a Jewish food writer and anthropologist of sorts, Joan Nathan had always been interested in her own family’s history.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Every baseball fan who reads your venerable newspaper knows this great Hall of Fame baseball writer would never have deigned to explain the Mets’ disastrous spring with the aid of these equations.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Advances in storage density, and the digitization of everything from filing taxes to laying out magazines, changed this calculus.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Greenhaven also was on the verge of losing its license, according to a revocation notice filed in November 2018 by the California Department of Social Services.—
Jordan Rau,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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Material features can also include things like colophons—formulas at the end of a text that attest to its completeness and fidelity and often also include the name of the copyist—doodles in the margins, mistakes and corrections, even handwriting style.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The clerk then agreed not to exclude particular groups from the pool.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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In a letter to the clerk's office, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon requested election records, including all ballots, envelopes and receipts.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It’s understood that there’s nothing more difficult than being a successful editor, therapist, or author, even with a stash of pill bottles in a wicker basket beside an opulent floral arrangement.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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The authors who would defeat critics like Southey—who would at last elevate American literature on the international stage—came a few years later.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As for the inside, it’s lined with a cotton blend so items like sunglasses or compacts won’t get scratched on a rough surface.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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He had been scratched from the lineup but OKC manager Scott Hennessey was coaching third base for the Comets’ half of the inning and Ward had to wait until the inning was over to get the official word.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribe. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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