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From a Latin word frequently encountered in legal documents, a form of nōscō (“know, recognise”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A lawyer's clerk, or scrivener. Full definition →
From a Latin word frequently encountered in legal documents, a form of nōscō (“know, recognise”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.