Added 9 October 2026
scribe
/skɹaɪb/ noun
In Latin: scrība, librāriolus, librārius Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about scribe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- French playwright (1791-1861).
- Informal terms for journalists.
- Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
verb
- Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking.
Origin
From Middle English scribe, from Old French scribe (“scribe”), from Late Latin usage of scrība (“secretary”) (used in the Vulgate Bible translation to render Ancient Greek γραμματεύς (grammateús, “scribe, secretary”), which had been used in its turn to render the Hebrew סופר (“writer, scholar”)) from scrībere (“to write, draw, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy; orig. to scratch”), probably akin to scrobs (“a ditch, trench, grave”).
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