A person who writes for anotherSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
An amanuensis takes dictation or copies manuscripts
An amanuensis is a person employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts. The English word can also refer to a secretary or scribe. Its Latin ancestry includes manus, meaning hand. The elaborate spelling names a very practical writing role.
It describes a writing assistant, not a recording device.
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