Definition of AMANUENSIS

amanuensis

Meanings

Plural: amanuenses

Noun

  • someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
  • One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin āmanuēnsis (“secretary”), from ab- (“from, off (of)”) + manus (“hand”) + -ensis (“of or from (a place)”), early 17th c.

Synonyms

shorthand typist, stenographer

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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