SCRIBE


Meaning of SCRIBE in English

■ noun

1》 historical a person who copied out documents.

↘ informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist.

2》 Jewish History an ancient Jewish record-keeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.

3》 (also ~r or ~ awl ) a pointed instrument used for making marks to guide a saw or in signwriting.

■ verb

1》 chiefly literary write.

2》 mark with a pointed instrument.

Derivatives

scribal adjective

Origin

ME: from L. scriba , from ~re 'write'; the verb is perh. partly a shortening of de~ .

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