Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Scrivener

Scrivener (? o?) , noun

[From older scrivein, Old French escrivain, French écrivain, Late Latin scribanus, from Latin scribere to write. See Scribe.]

1.
A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. — Shakespeare
The writer better scrivener than clerk. — Fuller
2.
One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obsolete] — Dryden
3.
A writing master. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
Collocations (1)
Scrivener's palsy , See Writer's cramp, under Writer.