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UK/skɹaɪb/ US/skɹaɪ̯b/ uncommon archaic informal
verb (1) noun (4)

verb

1.

noun

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2.

informal terms for journalists

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3.

someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

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4.

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • air scribe
  • etching scribe

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