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noun

Scrivener n.

A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. "The writer better scrivener than clerk."

One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. (Obs.)

A writing master. (Prov. Eng.)

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scrivener" Quotes from Famous Books

... the watch. I asked the watchman what authority he had to stop me, travelling peacefully on the highway: he told me he would show me his authority, and in order thereunto, had me into a house hard by, where dwelt a scrivener whose name was Pepys. To him he gave the order which he had received from the constables, which directed him to take up all rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars. I asked him for which of these he stopped me, but he ...

— The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself • Thomas Ellwood

... Smith says the fire happened after the return of the expedition of Newport, Smith, and Scrivener to the Pamunkey: "Good Master Hunt, our Preacher, lost all his library, and all he had but the clothes on his back; yet none ever heard him repine at his loss." This excellent and devoted man is the only ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

Words linked to "Scrivener" : employee, scribe, Ezra