He was by business what was then called a scrivener, a term which has received judicial interpretation, and imported a person who arranged loans on mortgage, receiving a commission for so doing.Ī scrivener was a kind of cross between an attorney and a law stationer, whose principal business was the preparation of deeds, “to be well and truly done after my learning, skill, and science,” and with due regard to the interests of more exalted personages.Ī scrivener was a kind of cross between an attorney and a law stationer, whose principal business was the preparation of deeds, "to be well and truly done after my learning, skill, and science," and with due regard to the interests of more exalted personages. John Milton was the son of a London scrivener, that is, a kind of lawyer. Yesterday's term was scrivener, which is defined as:Ī scrivener is a public copyist, but that noun has fallen into disuse except among notaries public a scribe, once “a copyist of biblical texts,” is now used jocularly to mean “journalist,” and a scribbler is a put-down of a writer.
noun obsolete One whose business is to place money at interest a broker.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun A professional writer one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
noun One whose business it is to receive money and place it out at interest, and supply those who want to raise money on security a money-broker a financial agent.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun A writer: especially, a public writer a notary specifically, one whose occupation is the drawing of contracts or other writings.noun One who drafts legal instruments such as contracts and wills.
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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