amanuensis

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Gridley, Calif. Amanuensis Sirs: In polite society it is considered vulgar for one to make a display of his wealth or education.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’d be churched to death, bridge-partied to death, called upon to give book reviews at the Amanuensis Club, expected to become a part of the community.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

Once in a while he cast an amused glance toward Carlisle, and at last remarked, as though continuing an arrested thought: "Amanuensis, is she?"

From The Purchase Price by Hough, Emerson

In order to shew the Absurdity of the Practice, he had recourse to the Invention above mentioned, having placed an Amanuensis in a private part of the Room.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Borrow set to work with the aid of his "Country Amanuensis" to transcribe such portions of the correspondence as he required.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George