What is "amanuenses"

Amanuensis \A*man`u*en"sis\, n.; pl. Amanuenses. [L., fr. a, ab + manus hand.] A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written. [1913 Webster] ||

n. (plural of amanuensis English)

1. n. someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) [syn: stenographer, shorthand typist]

2. [also: amanuenses (pl)]

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