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amanuensis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shorthand typist, stenographer |
| Type of | secretarial assistant, secretary |
Examples of amanuensis
amanuensis
Because he has gone blind, Cyrus enlists his nephew Democritus as amanuensis.
From the time.com
King is the perfect amanuensis of our particularly twisted zeitgeist.
From the denverpost.com
They are not writing of their own experiences, or acting as an amanuensis for a former slave.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Each is a tale about a double, an alter ego, just as each amanuensis is a double for the writer.
From the orlandosentinel.com
When New Labour took power in 1997, he transformed himself from Mandelson amanuensis to slick lobbyist.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The engaging Simon Butteriss not only directed the staging but performed the amanuensis role of Njegus.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bidart was Lowell's amanuensis, his sounding board, and, as becomes clear at several moments in the notes, his Boswell.
From the theatlantic.com
Henry James briefly made dictation a craze when, to overcome a writer's block, he hired an amanuensis to take dictation.
From the denverpost.com
With his loyal black servant, Frank Barber, serving as counter-amanuensis, he spent a week at the task of self-immolation.
From the theatlantic.com
- Stenographer: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
- Amanuensis is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a Latin expression which may be literally translated as "manual labourer".
- One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts; A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe
- Someone who sits with a special needs student to help them put their thoughts on paper
- A person who writes out what someone else dictates, or who copies what someone else has written; a transcriptionist or copyist. Most of Paul's letters contain evidence of having been produced using an amanuensis, e.g. Romans 16:22 where Tertius "who wrote this letter" salutes the readers..
- N. - (pl. amanuenses ), employee who writes from dictation; secretary.
- Secretary or stenographer
