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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
amanuensis
    n 1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially
         dictation) [syn: stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand
         typist]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Amanuensis \A*man`u*en"sis\, n.; pl. Amanuenses. [L., fr. a,
   ab + manus hand.]
   A person whose employment is to write what another dictates,
   or to copy what another has written.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
AMANUENSIS. One who write another dictates. About the beginning of the sixth
century,, the tabellions (q.v.) were known by this name. 1 Sav. Dr. Rom.
Moy. Age, n. 16.



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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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