Home › Words › S › scrivanscrivanscrivan means A clerk or writer.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, scrivan ranks #1,198 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivano, scrivener, and escribano.nounA clerk or writer.e.g.“They told me their husbands were scrivans to the sultan, and that on their arrival in Cairo they should go to the house of the Khalil Bey till they proceeded to Alexandria; […]” — 1822, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red SeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scrivano 88% match — A scribe or clerk. vs scrivan →scrivener 78% match — A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. vs scrivan →scrivening 74% match — The product of a scrivener; that which is written or copied. vs scrivan →scrivenery 73% match — The practice or work of a scrivener. vs scrivan →scribe 72% match — Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. vs scrivan →scribblery 67% match — Writing. vs scrivan →scribal 66% match — Relating to scribes and their work. vs scrivan →scribally 66% match — In a scribal manner; in terms of the way something is written. vs scrivan →