Amanuenses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Amanuensis \A*man`u*en"sis\, n.; pl. {Amanuenses}. [L., fr. a,
     ab + manus hand.]
     A person whose employment is to write what another dictates,
     or to copy what another has written.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amanuensis
       n : someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially
           dictation) [syn: {stenographer}, {shorthand typist}]
       [also: {amanuenses} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amanuenses
       See {amanuensis}