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scrivener in Dutch

scrivener in Dutch is schrijver — scrivener means (old-fashioned) Someone whose job is to write out documents or legal papers for other people.

scrivener in Dutch

schrijver
noun
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.

What does "scrivener" mean?

  1. noun (old-fashioned) Someone whose job is to write out documents or legal papers for other people.
    "Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens."
  2. noun (old-fashioned) Someone who lends out money for profit, as a business.
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scrivener in a sentence

  • Below this, sat two scrivener monks at two little desks, on which were scrolls of parchment and ink-horns and goose-quill pens.

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What is "scrivener" in Dutch?
"scrivener" in Dutch is schrijver. scrivener means: (old-fashioned) Someone whose job is to write out documents or legal papers for other people.
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