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| scribe [ skrīb ] |
noun (plural scribes) |
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1. book copier: a copier or transcriber of documents, especially somebody who copied manuscripts in medieval times
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2. copier of Jewish religious documents: a copier of the Sefer Torah and other Jewish religious documents using a quill pen on parchment
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3. clerk: an official public clerk
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4. journalist: a writer, especially a journalist
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humorous
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5. tools
Same as scriber
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle scribed, present participle scrib·ing, 3rd person present singular scribes) |
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construction mark lines on something: to mark something such as wood or metal with a line using a pointed instrument, especially as a guide for cutting
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| [12th century. < Latin scriba "official or public writer" < scribere "write"] |
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  scrib·al adjective |
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