What does scrivan mean?
Scrivan means (obsolete) A clerk or writer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A clerk or writer..
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; […]
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Scrivan means (obsolete) A clerk or writer..
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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; […]
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