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Definition of Amanuensis
1. Noun. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation).
Generic synonyms: Secretarial Assistant, Secretary
Derivative terms: Stenography, Stenography
Definition of Amanuensis
1. n. A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
Definition of Amanuensis
1. Noun. One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts ¹
2. Noun. A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amanuensis
1. [n -ENSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amanuensis
Literary usage of Amanuensis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1844)
"The amanuensis simply inclined her head ; in fact, however great the ...
I certainly am," replied the amanuensis ; " but as I only heard it from Mrs. ..."
2. The Hand Book of Standard Or American Phonography by Andrew Jackson Graham (1902)
"amanuensis REPORTING. § 272. amanuensis reporting, or note-taking, is confined
chiefly to commercial correspondence, and hence is more limited in its ..."
3. The Bibliography of Robert Burns: With Biographical and Bibliographical by James Gibson (1881)
"An amanuensis corrected by BURNS. 16.—-On the death of Sir James Hunter Blair.
... An amanuensis. 17.—Written on the blank leaf of a copy of the first ..."
4. Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative to the by Richard Ryan (1826)
"GOLDSMITH, AND THE amanuensis. A VOLUMINOUS author was one day expatiating on
the advantages of employing an amanuensis, and thus saving time, ..."
5. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1902)
"THE EDUCATION OF THE amanuensis SELBY A. MORAN, PRINCIPAL OF STENOGRAPHIC ...
The kinds of work done by the stenographic amanuensis today are so varied and ..."
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