scrivener

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: scrive=ner

CIDE DICTIONARY

scrivener, n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. écrivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See Scribe.].

•  A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

  "The writer better scrivener than clerk."  [1913 Webster]
•  One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  A writing master.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

Scrivener's palsy. See Writer's cramp, under Writer.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scrivener, n. hist.
1 a copyist or drafter of documents.
2 a notary.
3 a broker.
4 a moneylender.

Etymology

ME f. obs. scrivein f. OF escrivein ult. f. L (as SCRIBE)

THESAURUS

scrivener

accountant, amanuensis, archivist, bookkeeper, calligrapher, chirographer, clerk, copier, copyist, documentalist, engraver, filing clerk, ink spiller, inkslinger, letterer, librarian, marker, notary, notary public, pen, pencil driver, penman, penner, prothonotary, record clerk, recorder, recording secretary, recordist, register, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer, scribbler, scribe, secretary, stenographer, stonecutter, timekeeper, transcriber, word-slinger, writer

ROGET THESAURUS

scrivener

Writing

N writing, chirography, stelography, cerography, penmanship, craftmanship, quill driving, typewriting, writing, manuscript, MS, literae scriptae, these presents, stroke of the pen, dash of the pen, coupe de plume, line, headline, pen and ink, letter, uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic, contraction, Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari, script, shorthand, stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy, secret writing, writing in cipher, cryptography, stenography, phonography, pasigraphy, Polygraphy, logography, copy, transcript, rescript, rough copy, fair copy, handwriting, signature, sign manual, autograph, monograph, holograph, hand, fist, calligraphy, good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand, cacography, griffonage, barbouillage, bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand, scribble, pattes de mouche, ill-formed letters, pothooks and hangers, stationery, pen, quill, goose quill, pencil, style, paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table, blackboard, ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well, typewriter, transcription, inscription, superscription, graphology, composition, authorship, cacoethes scribendi, graphoidea, graphomania, phrenoia, writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver, stenographer, typewriter, typist, writer for the press, writing, written, in writing, in black and white, under one's hand, uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical, currente calamo, pen in hand, audacter et sincere, le style est l'homme meme, nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill, scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons, that mighty instrument of little men, the pen became a clarion.

Lawyer

N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.