scrivener

• Pessoa contratada para fazer cópias escritas de documentos e manuscritos; profissional que lavrava ou redigia textos à mão, função amplamente substituída pelas tecnologias modernas de impressão e cópia.

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

   • 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.

   Sinônimosamanuensiscopyistpenmanscribetranscriber