Definitions

amanuensis

[uh-man-yoo-en-sis] / əˌmæn yuˈɛn sɪs /

NOUN

clerk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent auditor bookkeeper cashier employee operator receptionist salesperson secretary teller worker

STRONG

copyist counterperson notary recorder registrar seller stenographer transcriber

WEAK

counter jumper office helper paper pusher paper shuffler pen pusher pencil pusher shopperson white collar

Example Sentences

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Gridley, Calif. Amanuensis Sirs: In polite society it is considered vulgar for one to make a display of his wealth or education.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’d be churched to death, bridge-partied to death, called upon to give book reviews at the Amanuensis Club, expected to become a part of the community.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

But here comes my Amanuensis, so we’ll get on more swimmingly now.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Amanuensis bowled over for a day, but afoot again and jolly; Fanny enormously 291 bettered by the voyage; I have been as jolly as a sand-boy as usual at sea.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Borrow set to work with the aid of his "Country Amanuensis" to transcribe such portions of the correspondence as he required.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George

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