noun
scribe
skryb
noun
1
A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.
"Monks worked as scribes, copying manuscripts by candlelight."
"The ancient scribe recorded the king's decrees on clay tablets."
2
A journalist or professional writer.
"The sports scribe filed his report minutes after the final whistle."
verb
1
To write, mark, or engrave something.
"He scribed his initials into the wet concrete."
How to Use Scribe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who writes or copies documents by hand, or (informally) any writer/journalist.
Common pairings
court scribe
the scribe recorded
sports scribe
Word Forms
scribed past tense, scribes plural, scribes singular
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Etymology
From Latin scrība ("secretary, clerk"), from scrībere ("to write") — a word originally meaning "to scratch," since early writing was carved rather than inked.