Definitions for scrivener

scrivener scrive·ner

Spelling: [skriv-ner]
IPA: /ˈskrɪv nər/

Scrivener is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in scrivener (ceeinrrsv).

Definitions for scrivener

noun

  1. scribe1 (defs 1, 2).
  2. a notary.

Origin of scrivener

1325-75; Middle English scriveyner, equivalent to scrivein (Old French escrivein; see scribe1, -an) + -er -er

Examples for scrivener

Bartleby, the scrivener must be the most famous short fiction in American literature.

Mr. scrivener and Captain Smith were now in fact the sustainers of the colony.

Mr. scrivener and Mr. Percy returned from an expedition with nothing.

I do, indeed, said the scrivener, rising gravely and bowing to me.

But perhaps the best way to read the Bush memoir is as the elusive pièce de résistance of the most loyal Bush scrivener.

The scrivener laughed as heartily as such men can, and begged me to be disabused.

Milton was the son of a London scrivener, and Pope and Southey were the sons of linendrapers.

The young pastor, who had returned, and the scrivener headed the procession.

White House veterans described how Michel became Bush's scrivener.

Despite all scrivener's efforts, the gap grew less and less.

Word Value for scrivener
Scrable

0

Words with friends

17

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