amanuensis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
    stenographer; shorthand typist.

WordNet

A*man`u*en"sis noun
Etymology
L., fr. a, ab + manus hand.
Wordforms
plural Amanuenses
Definitions
  1. A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.

Webster 1913