Scribe (redirected from scribes)

Scribe  (skrb), Augustin Eugène 1791-1861.

French playwright whose works include more than 300 comedies of manners.

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scribe  (skrb)

n.

1. A public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times.

2. A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents.

3. A writer or journalist.

4. See scriber.

v. scribed, scrib·ing, scribes

v.tr.

1. To mark with a scriber.

2. To write or inscribe.

v.intr.

To work as a scribe.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin scrba, from Latin, keeper of accounts, secretary, from scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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scribal adj.

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scribe

Noun

1. a person who made handwritten copies of manuscripts or documents before the invention of printing

2. Bible a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law [Latin scriba clerk]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Scribe - French playwright (1791-1861) Augustin Eugene Scribe
	2.	scribe - informal terms for journalists penman, scribbler journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines
	3.	scribe - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts copyist, scrivener employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
	4.	scribe - a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut scratch awl, scriber awl - a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
Verb	1.	scribe - score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

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scribe

noun secretary, clerk, scrivener (archaic) notary (archaic) amanuensis, copyist

Translations

scribe [skraɪb] n → scribe m

scribe [skraɪb] n → Schreiber m

scribe [skraɪb] n → scriba m