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scrivener

n.
US //ˈskɹɪvnɝ// UK //skɹˈɪvənɐ// scriven·er Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin scriba, scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“I write”).

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