scrivener Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    scribe; copyist.

WordNet

Scrive"ner noun
Etymology
From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. écrivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See Scribe.
Definitions
  1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. Shak.
    The writer better scrivener than clerk. Fuller.
  2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. Obs. ryden.
  3. A writing master. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913