n. 1. A professional copyist; a scribe. 2. One who drafts legal instruments such as contracts and wills. [Middle English scriveiner, from scrivein, from Old French escrivein, from Vulgar Latin *scrība, scrībān-, from Latin scrība, scribe; see SCRIBE.] |
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