Plural of scribe

regular plural

The plural of scribe is scribes.

Forms of scribe

Pay records, supply logs, discharge certificates: all needed scribes, and those who could write might have found themselves being spared the worst of the drudgery.2025 July 15, James Osborne, “Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army”, in...
Scribes sometimes conflated Aelia Eudocia and Aelia Eudoxia.From the entry Eudocia
Journos and scribes are officially welcomed by the Taliban and then never given visas to enter.2003, USA International Business Publications, Afghanistan Business Law Handbook, page 254. From the entry journo
Of course, the scribes had said that she was not really dead.2000, Doug Batchelor, “At Jesus' Feet in Sorrow: "Praying for the Dead"”, in At Jesus' feet: The Gospel According to Mary Madgalene…. From the entry resurrection
The Norman scribes gradually replaced wynn by u, uu, vv, and w itself.1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 175. From the entry wynn

noun Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
noun A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.
noun A journalist.

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