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Meanings of amanuensis in English

Russian
ассистент
Portuguese
amanuense
Spanish
copista
Catalan
copista
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Person employed to write or type what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

          Related terms
          ассистент
          Portuguese
          estenógrafo
          Catalan
          taquimecanògraf
          Spanish
          copista

          Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

                estenógrafo
                Usage of amanuensis in English
                1
                We have mentioned the valet, the barber, the wardrobe-keeper, and the amanuensis.
                Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
                2
                If I could afford to pay an amanuensis it would be different.
                Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
                3
                She had become his amanuensis, had insisted upon writing to his dictation.
                A Man's Woman
                4
                From eleven to twelve was the time for Mary's duty as amanuensis.
                Phantom Fortune, a Novel
                5
                I believe he often acted as Scott's amanuensis, when composing his novels.
                Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey
                6
                The MS. has Figi; but this is probably a mistake of the amanuensis.
                The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
                7
                To Louise was consigned the office of librarian; to Petrea that of amanuensis.
                The Home; Or, Life in Sweden
                8
                Reporting, Mr. Butler saw the time noted by the amanuensis of the guard.
                Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
                9
                Perhaps he lectured and the amanuensis took down what he said.
                Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
                10
                It was mere amanuensis work, penning at the dictation of his sarcastic demon.
                In the Year of Jubilee
                11
                The duties of an amanuensis leave one small time for recreation.
                The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
                12
                Here it is easier to find a painter than an amanuensis.
                The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
                13
                And now there is an old gentleman who wants an amanuensis.
                Love and Mr. Lewisham
                14
                As an amanuensis I found my new assistant everything that could be desired.
                The House of Martha
                15
                This amanuensis was very different from any other I had had.
                The House of Martha
                16
                Why did Orolo have me working as an amanuensis instead of doing theorics?
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