1. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
   "Before the invention of the printing press, scribes played a crucial role in reproducing books";
   - copyist, scrivener
    
2. [informal] A writer for newspapers and magazines
   "The seasoned scribe covered major international events for decades";
   - journalist, journo [Brit, informal], scribbler [informal]
    
3. A sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
   "The carpenter used a scribe to mark precise cutting lines on the wood";
   - scriber, scratch awl

1. Score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
   "The machinist scribed a line on the metal sheet"

1. French playwright (1791-1861)
   - Augustin Eugene Scribe

Derived forms: scribing, scribed, scribes

Type of: author, awl, dramatist, employe [US], employee, mark, playwright, score, writer

Encyclopedia: Scribe, The