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amanuensis

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10 lettersPronunciation /əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aaeimnnssuStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

Word origin

From Latin āmanuēnsis (“secretary”), from ab- (“from, off (of)”) + manus (“hand”) + -ensis (“of or from (a place)”), early 17th c.

Used in a sentence

  • As pay was Lady Anne's object, and poor Georgiana was intended to be the amanuensis, should she be found capable of forming sentences out of disjointed hints, and of wrapping foul facts in clean composition.
  • “[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?[…]”
  • I, his mere amanuensis, am left to do what little I can to keep the institution functioning.

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