# scrivener

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskɹɪvnə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #58,346

## Definitions
1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings.
2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker.

## Etymology
From Middle English scryvener, alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein (“professional penman, copyist”), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō (“I write”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scrivener