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Meaning of scrivan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A clerk or writer.

obsolete

Examples

“They told me their husbands were scrivans to the sultan, and that on their arrival in Cairo they should go to the house of the Khalil Bey till they proceeded to Alexandria; […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

scrivano Scriven Scrivener scrivener's palsy scrivenership scrivenery

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