scrivener

• Personne engagée pour écrire des copies manuscrites de documents et de textes; fonction en grande partie remplacée par les technologies modernes d'impression et de copie.

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.

   copiste professionnel

   • 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.

   Synonymesamanuensiscopyistpenmanscribetranscriber