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🇺🇸 /skraɪb/ 🇬🇧 /skraɪb/
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noun
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A person who copies documents by hand, especially before the invention of printing.

In ancient times, a scribe meticulously copied texts onto scrolls.

translation

n. A person who copies documents by hand, especially before the invention of printing.

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Plural scribes