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transcribbler

/tɹænˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/

transcribbler noun: a poor transcriber.

Noun

transcribbler (plural transcribblers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, rare) A poor transcriber.
    • December 11, 1746, Thomas Gray, letter to Dr. Wharton
      He [Aristotle] has suffered vastly from the transcribblers, as all authors of great brevity necessarily must.

Forms of transcribbler

pluraltranscribblers

Origin of transcribbler

Blend of transcriber + scribbler.

Questions about transcribbler

What does transcribbler mean?
Transcribbler means a poor transcriber.
What part of speech is transcribbler?
Transcribbler is a noun.
How do you pronounce transcribbler?
Transcribbler is pronounced /tɹænˈskɹɪbələ(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of transcribbler?
The plural of transcribbler is transcribblers.

Words near transcribbler in the dictionary

  1. transcreation
  2. transcreations
  3. transcribability
  4. transcribable
  5. transcribble
  6. transcribbler
  7. transcribblers
  8. transcribe
  9. transcribed
  10. transcriber
  11. transcribers

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