amanuensis
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Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Gilot is Picasso’s amanuensis, his interlocutor and interpreter, his money manager, his model.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019
Dazzled by Kubrick, Vitali largely lost interest in acting and instead became Kubrick’s amanuensis, performing unsung tasks on The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018
Mr. Craft spent nearly a quarter-century as Stravinsky’s amanuensis, rehearsal conductor, musical adviser, globe-trotting traveling companion and surrogate son.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2015
So Corinthians was almost on her way to becoming an amanuensis after all.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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