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A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
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someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
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a person employed to write on behalf of a candidate in an exam
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a person who will write down your answers
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a scribe or assistant who writes from a candidate's dictation
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a writing assistant (or scribe) who writes out answers dictated by the pupil
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Amanuensis is a Latin word adopted in various languages, including English, for certain persons performing a function by hand, either writing down the words of another or performing manual labour. The term is derived from a Latin expression which may be literally translated as "manual labourer".
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