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
scribed; scribing
1
: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2
: to make by cutting or scratching
Examples of scribe in a Sentence
Noun (1)
variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them
the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
Verb (2)
carefully scribed two lines into the wood
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
That series, totally distinct from the new attempt, would have centered on Dash's character, and was written by Will & Grace scribes Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Consider this a practical guide for evaluating, selecting and successfully implementing an AI medical scribe in a healthcare practice.
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Verb
The First Shadow was conceived by the Duffer Brothers, as well as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child scribe Jack Thorne and Stranger Things writer and co-executive producer Kate Trefry.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
That series, totally distinct from the new attempt, would have centered on Dash's character, and was written by Will & Grace scribes Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
Founded in 1986 as an international program to nurture up-and-coming scribes, the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting announced back in March its partnership with global university programs, screenwriting labs and filmmaking organizations to select Nicholl fellows.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Consider this a practical guide for evaluating, selecting and successfully implementing an AI medical scribe in a healthcare practice.
—Fernando Cowan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scribe. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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scribe
1 of 2 noun1
: a scholar of the Jewish law in New Testament times
2
a
: a public secretary or clerk
b
: a person who copies manuscripts
scribe
2 of 2 verb
scribed; scribing
: to mark or make by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
Etymology
Noun
Middle English scribe "one of a class of scholars and copiers of the Scriptures in ancient Israel," from Latin scriba "official writer," from scribere "to write" — related to circumscribe, description, scribble, scripture, shrove tuesday
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