escribano

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noun

A clerk; a scrivener.

OriginSpanish escribano →
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Meanings

escribano1

nounescribano (plural escribanos)

plural escribanos

  1. A clerk; a scrivener.

    They robbed a gentleman and ill-treated him, but his brother, who was an escribano, was soon upon their trail, and had them arrested; but he wanted some one to identify them, and it chanced that they had stopped to drink water at my stall […]

    1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.

Escribano2

proper nounEscribano (plural Escribanos)

plural Escribanos

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Origin

escribano · noun

  1. Spanishescribano
  2. Englishescribano

Borrowed from Spanish escribano. Doublet of scrivener and scrivano.

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Escribano · proper noun

  1. SpanishEscribano
  2. EnglishEscribano

Borrowed from Spanish Escribano.

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APA

escribano. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escribano

MLA

“escribano.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escribano. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escribano,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escribano.

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