scrivano

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noun

A scribe or clerk.

OriginItalian scrivano →
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Meanings

nounscrivano (plural scrivanos or scrivanoes)

plural scrivanos · plural scrivanoes

  1. archaicA scribe or clerk.

    We dined that day with the scrivano, and hired a house of Hassan Aga, one of our pledges, at seventy dollars the monsoon, or yearly rent, it being all the same.

    1813, Robert Kerr, A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th Century

Origin

  1. Italianscrivano
  2. Englishscrivano

Borrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivan, scrivener, and escribano.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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