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/skɹaɪb/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A person who writes documents, especially in the past.

  2. 02

    verb

    To write or mark something.

Examples

  • A sofer is a traditional Jewish scribe.

  • My tongue is a pen of a scribe.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • [skɹɑe̯b]
  • [skɹɑɪ̯b]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A journalist.

  2. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

  3. A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.

More examples

In context

  • Tom dressed as an ancient Egyptian scribe.

  • [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.

  • he scribed his name on the mould, and wrote it on the two pieces of pasteboard

Synonyms

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In ancient Egypt, a blank would carefully copy religious texts onto papyrus.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).