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Schreiber — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amanuensis noun One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  • scribe noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
  • scrivener noun A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • writer noun A person who writes, especially as their profession, such as an author or journalist.

Senses

Schreiber is used for these senses in English:

  • amanuensis One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • amanuensis A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
  • pen (figurative) A writer, or their style.
  • scribe Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
  • scrivener A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
  • writer A person who writes, or produces literary work; an author can refer to themselves as "the writer".

amanuensis — full definition

  1. noun One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  2. noun A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

pen — full definition

  1. noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  2. noun A small fenced enclosure for keeping animals.
  3. verb To write something, especially a piece of text.
  4. verb To shut an animal or person into an enclosed space.

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