scribe Definition

scribe
noun

1. A person employed to make handwritten copies of documents before printing was invented.

Thesaurus: copyist, transcriber, scrivener.
2. In biblical times: a Jewish lawyer or teacher of law.
3. A tool with a pointed blade for scoring lines on wood or metal.

verb

scribed, scribing
1. To mark or score lines with a scribe or anything similar.

Derivative: scribal
adj

Derivative: scriber
noun

A scribing tool.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin scriba, from scribere to write.