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Definitions for Amanuensis
əˌmæn yuˈɛn sɪsamanu·en·sis
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Princeton's WordNet
stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typistnoun
someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
Wiktionary
amanuensisnoun
One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts
amanuensisnoun
A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
Etymology: From amanuensis, from ab + manus, "by hand".
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
AMANUENSISnoun
A person who writes what another dictates.
Etymology: Lat.
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amanuensis
An amanuensis is a person whose job involves writing down what another person dictates or copying what has been written by another person. The term is used particularly to refer to a person who does this work for an author or composer.
Webster Dictionary
Amanuensisnoun
a person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written
Etymology: [L., fr. a, ab + manus hand.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Amanuensis
a-man-ū-en′sis, n. one who writes to dictation: a copyist: a secretary:—pl. Amanuen′sēs. [L.—ab, from, and manus, the hand.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Amanuensis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Amanuensis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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