ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scrivan

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Scrivan is a noun meaning (obsolete) A clerk or writer.

Meaning

(obsolete) A clerk or writer.

Example Sentences

They told me their husbands were scrivans to the sultan, and that on their arrival in Cairo they should go to the house of the Khalil Bey till they proceeded to Alexandria; […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scrivano, escribano, clerk, shriver, scrivener, scribler.

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