inscribern.
/ɪnˈskrʌɪbə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈskraɪbər/ One who inscribes; the writer of an inscription.
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1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 453 The inscriber was, according to the Civil Law, oblidged to find Caution.
1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 48 Characters and..diagrams..which Kircher has passed by unnoticed, as though making no part of the inscriber's intention.
1876 S. Manning Land of Pharaohs 206 Many of the inscribers were Christians.
1894 W. M. Lindsay in Class. Rev. Mar. 108/1 Inscriptions, in which a certain amount of illiteracy on the part of the inscribers is at times a disturbing element.
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