amanuensis

[ uh-man-yoo-en-sis ]

/ əˌmæn yuˈɛn sɪs /

a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another; secretary.

Origin of amanuensis

1610–20; < Latin ( servus) āmanuēnsis, equivalent to ā- a-⁴ + manu-, stem of manus hand + -ēnsis -ensis

Beyond a question more writers than we ever dreamed are only amanuenses of the Astute Author.

Is the Devil a Myth? |C. F. Wimberly
Immediately below and flanking him on either hand sat two mute cowled figures to do the office of amanuenses.

The Strolling Saint |Raphael Sabatini
The custom of employing women as amanuenses has grown very largely of late years.

Work for Women |George J. Manson
If I had been doing my work in the city, he could have found me stenographers, amanuenses, or type-writers by the hundred.

The House of Martha |Frank R. Stockton

Later he had $500, from which he paid $150 for two amanuenses which he required because his sight had failed him.

Jukes-Edwards |A. E. Winship

amanuensis

/ (əˌmænjʊˈɛnsɪs) /

a person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts

C17: from Latin āmanuensis, from the phrase servus ā manū slave at hand (that is, handwriting)