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amanuensis

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a·man·u·en·sis  (-mny-nss)
n. pl. a·man·u·en·ses (-sz)
One who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript.
[Latin manunsis, from the phrase (servus) man, (slave) at handwriting : , ab, by; see ab-1 + man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
amanuensis [əˌmænjʊˈɛnsɪs]
n pl -ses [-siːz]
a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts
[from Latin āmanuensis, from the phrase servus ā manū slave at hand (that is, handwriting)]
amanuensis
Formal. 1. asecretary.
2. a scribe or copyist.
See also: Occupations
Formal. 1. a secretary.
2. a scribe or copyist.
See also: Aid
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.amanuensisamanuensis - someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
shorthand typist, stenographer
secretarial assistant, secretary - an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
Translations
amanuensis [əˌmænjʊˈensɪs] N (amanuenses (pl)) [əˌmænjuˈensiːz] → amanuense mf
amanuensis
n pl <amanuenses> → Sekretär(in) m(f); (Hist) → Amanuensis m
amanuensis [əˌmænjʊˈɛnsɪs] n (amanuenses (pl)) [əˌmænjʊˈɛnsiːz] (frm) → amanuense m


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The writer, indeed, seems to think himself obliged to keep even pace with time, whose amanuensis he is; and, like his master, travels as slowly through centuries of monkish dulness, when the world seems to have been asleep, as through that bright and busy age so nobly distinguished by the excellent Latin poet--
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
He said that men cured in this way, and enabled to discard the grape system, never afterward got over the habit of talking as if they were dictating to a slow amanuensis, because they always made a pause between each two words while they sucked the substance out of an imaginary grape.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The task, notwithstanding the assistance of my amanuensis, has been a somewhat laborious one, but your society has happily prevented me from that too continuous prosecution of thought beyond the hours of study which has been the snare of my solitary life.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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