Definition of scrivener Scrivener

/skɹɪˈvnɚ/ - [skrivner] - scrive•ner

We found 9 definitions of scrivener from 5 different sources.

What does scrivener mean?

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Noun
scrivener - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
		copyist, scribe
		employee a worker who is hired to perform a job

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scrivener (Noun)
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
scrivener (Noun)
One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
scrivener (Noun)
A writing master.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scrivener (n.)
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
scrivener (n.)
One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.
scrivener (n.)
A writing master.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scrivener
skriv′en-ėr, n. a scribe: a copyist: one who draws up contracts, &c.: one who receives the money of others to lay it out at interest.—n. Scriv′enership. [O. Fr. escrivain (Fr. écrivain)—Low L. scribanus—L. scriba, a scribe.]

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scrivener, noun, singular of scriveners.

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