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scrivener 音标拼音: [skr'ɪvnɚ] n. 代书,公证人,代笔人 代书,公证人,代笔人 scrivener n 1: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [synonym: {copyist}, {scribe}, {scrivener}] Scrivener \Scrive"ner\ (? or ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. ['e]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The writer better scrivener than clerk. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. [1913 Webster] 41 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrivener": accountant, amanuensis, archivist, bookkeeper, calligrapher, chirographer, clerk, copier, copyist, documentalist, engraver, filing clerk, ink spiller, inkslinger, letterer, librarian, marker, notary, notary public, pen, pencil driver, penman, penner, prothonotary, record clerk, recorder, recording secretary, recordist, register, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer, scribbler, scribe, secretary, stenographer, stonecutter, timekeeper, transcriber, word-slinger, writer SCRIVENER. A person whose, business it is to write deeds and other
instruments for others; a conveyancer. 2. Money scriveners are those who are engaged in procuring money to be lent on mortgages and other securities, and lending such money accordingly. They act also as agents for the purchase and sale of real estates. 3. To be considered a money scrivener, a person must be concerned in carrying on the trade or profession as a means of making a livelihood. He must in the course of his occupation receive other men's moneys into his trust and custody, to lay out for them as occasion offers. 3 Camp. R. 538; 2 Esp. Cas. 555.
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