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Amanuensis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Amanuensis : (noun)
1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially
dictation) [syn: stenographer, shorthand typist]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Amanuensis : \A*man`u*en"sis\, n.; pl. Amanuenses. [L., fr. a,
ab _ manus hand.]
A person whose employment is to write what another dictates,
or to copy what another has written.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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AMANUENSIS. One who write another dictates. About the beginning of the sixth
century,, the tabellions (q.v.) were known by this name. 1 Sav. Dr. Rom.
Moy. Age, n. 16.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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