scrivann.

Brit.

/skrɪˈvan/, U.S.

/skrɪˈvæn/

Forms: 1500s scryuan, 1500s– scrivan, 1600s scriuan.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian scrivano.

Etymology: < Italian scrivano scrivano n. In instances relating to India perhaps after Portuguese escrivão (see escrivain n.). Compare earlier scrivener n. and later scrivano n., escrivain n., escrivan n.

Now historical and rare.

A clerk, secretary, or scribe; esp. a clerk employed by a merchant or trader. Cf. scrivener n. 1a, scrivano n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer

writereOE

bookerOE

markerOE

scrivein?1208

scrivener1218

scrieverc1425

pen-clerk?c1430

scribe1435

scrivan1511

penman1552

scrivano1581

feather-driver1593

scriptora1600

Khoja1625

quill man1648

conicopoly1680

quill-driver1700

escrivain1744

sirkar1828

penworker1876

1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xi There scryuan euer wrytyng oure names man by man as we entred in the presens of the sayd Lordes.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 460 [He] commanded the Scriuan to draw vp a Warrant.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 112 Few of their Great Men or Merchants can read, but keep a Scrivan of the Gentues.

1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 153 Scrivans at the fort. Scrivans and boatmen at Canton.

1752 London Gaz. No. 9202 Sidi Stancoli, first Scrivan to the Bashaw.

1785 S. Told Acct. Life 31 I went..with the remaining part of the cargo to the Scrivan's house. The governor's principal clerk bartered with me.

1820 S. Belzoni in G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia 481 The next who came was the scrivan, or overseer of the linen fabric.

1967 R. Davies Aleppo & Devonshire Square v. 87 A quarrel between Thomas Whateley's warehouseman and his scrivan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrivan
释义	scrivann. Brit. /skrɪˈvan/, U.S. /skrɪˈvæn/ Forms: 1500s scryuan, 1500s– scrivan, 1600s scriuan. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian scrivano. Etymology: < Italian scrivano scrivano n. In instances relating to India perhaps after Portuguese escrivão (see escrivain n.). Compare earlier scrivener n. and later scrivano n., escrivain n., escrivan n. Now historical and rare. A clerk, secretary, or scribe; esp. a clerk employed by a merchant or trader. Cf. scrivener n. 1a, scrivano n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > professional writer writereOE bookerOE markerOE scrivein?1208 scrivener1218 scrieverc1425 pen-clerk?c1430 scribe1435 scrivan1511 penman1552 scrivano1581 feather-driver1593 scriptora1600 Khoja1625 quill man1648 conicopoly1680 quill-driver1700 escrivain1744 sirkar1828 penworker1876 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xi There scryuan euer wrytyng oure names man by man as we entred in the presens of the sayd Lordes. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 460 [He] commanded the Scriuan to draw vp a Warrant. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 112 Few of their Great Men or Merchants can read, but keep a Scrivan of the Gentues. 1711 C. Lockyer Acct. Trade India 153 Scrivans at the fort. Scrivans and boatmen at Canton. 1752 London Gaz. No. 9202 Sidi Stancoli, first Scrivan to the Bashaw. 1785 S. Told Acct. Life 31 I went..with the remaining part of the cargo to the Scrivan's house. The governor's principal clerk bartered with me. 1820 S. Belzoni in G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia 481 The next who came was the scrivan, or overseer of the linen fabric. 1967 R. Davies Aleppo & Devonshire Square v. 87 A quarrel between Thomas Whateley's warehouseman and his scrivan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1511
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