scrivener

• Persona contratada para escribir copias de documentos y manuscritos; oficio en gran medida sustituido por las tecnologías modernas de impresión y copiado.

A person employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts, a role largely replaced by modern printing and copying technology.

1. Professional copyistC2formal

   A person employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts, especially before the invention of printing.

   Copista profesional

   • The scrivener carefully copied the legal contract by hand.
   • In medieval times, a scrivener was essential for reproducing books.
   • He worked as a scrivener in a law office, copying documents all day.

   Sinónimosamanuensiscopyistpenmanscribetranscriber