scribe

n. copyist, copier of manuscripts; public clerk; author, writer; Jewish scholar who transcribed edited and interpreted Biblical scrolls (Judaism)

v. write down, record, inscribe; mark by cutting or scratching; work as a scribe

This is about Scribe, the profession. For other uses, see Scribe (disambiguation). A scribe (or scrivener) is an ancient professional whose job involved learned reading and writing, especially within the Renaissance Age. This work usually involved secretarial and administrative duties such as taking of dictation and the keeping of business, judicial and historical records for  kings, nobility, temples and cities. Later the profession developed into public servants, journalists, accountants and lawyers. However, present-day journalists and authors tend to be the closest to the ancient profession.
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Noun
1. French playwright (1791-1861)
(synonym) Augustin Eugene Scribe
(hypernym) dramatist, playwright

Noun
1. informal terms for journalists
(synonym) scribbler, penman
(hypernym) journalist
2. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
(synonym) copyist, scrivener
(hypernym) employee
(hyponym) Ezra
3. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
(synonym) scriber, scratch awl
(hypernym) awl
Verb
1. score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
(hypernym) score, nock, mark
(derivation) scriber, scratch awl

n. scribe, scrivener

(v. t.)
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
  

(v. t.)
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
  

(v. t.)
To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
  

(v. i.)
To make a mark.
  

(n.)
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
  

(n.)
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.