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scriptors

scriptors is the plural of scriptor.

Meaning of scriptor

Noun

scriptor (plural scriptors)

  1. A writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes.
    • Although this literary exercise has been used to question the validity of Drew's book, the little biographies he offered acquire a worthy literary dimension if read using Foucault's critique to the Barthesian scriptor.2021, Vicent Cucarella Ramon, Benjamin Drew: The Refugee. Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, page 44

Questions about scriptors

What is scriptors the plural of?
Scriptors is the plural of scriptor.

Words near scriptors in the dictionary

  1. scriptorial
  2. scriptorian
  3. scriptorians
  4. scriptorium
  5. scriptoriums
  6. scriptors
  7. scriptory
  8. scripts
  9. scripts out
  10. scriptuary
  11. scriptura continua

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