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n. (person) | 1. augustin eugene scribe, scribe | French playwright (1791-1861). |
| ~ dramatist, playwright | someone who writes plays. |
n. (person) | 2. penman, scribbler, scribe | informal terms for journalists. |
| ~ journalist | a writer for newspapers and magazines. |
n. (person) | 3. copyist, scribe, scrivener | someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts. |
| ~ employee | a worker who is hired to perform a job. |
| ~ ezra | a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem. |
n. (artifact) | 4. scratch awl, scribe, scriber | a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut. |
| ~ awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes. |
v. (contact) | 5. scribe | score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking. |
| ~ nock, score, mark | make small marks into the surface of.; "score the clay before firing it" |
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