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

Now," I say to the Amiable Amanuensis and Adaptable Author, "you read your stuff aloud with emphasis and discretion, and I'll chuck in the ornamental part.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 by Various

Amanuensis bowled over for a day, but afoot again and jolly; Fanny enormously 291 bettered by the voyage; I have been as jolly as a sand-boy as usual at sea.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Amanuensis, a-man-ū-en′sis, n. one who writes to dictation: a copyist: a secretary:—pl.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various