The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SCRIBE , but the solution may also be SECRETARY which is one of the most recent solution (1996 in LA Times).
Amanuensis crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRIBE | 67 % | 6 |
| SECRETARY | 33 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Amanuensis
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stenographer
- shorthand typist
- factotum
- typist
- scribe
- copyist
- transcriber
- scrivener
- dogsbody
- scribbler
- notetaker
- scriveners
Crossword Answer definitions
SCRIBE noun- Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
- A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- (in particular) A journalist.
- To write.
- To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- To record.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
- To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
- To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SCRIBE
- Journalist
- Drudge with a pen
- Writer of the Middle Ages
- Public clerk
- Man of letters?
- Book copier of old
- Copyist
- Writer, slangily
- Many a medieval monk
- Manuscript copyist