Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A writer; clerk; one who keeps accounts.
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Examples
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One of them told me that his wife had just written to him by the hand of a _scrivano_, lamenting his absence, and praying him to send her his portrait.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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"Clear away the big gun," he said to Mariano, who acted as his first officer, Lucien being the scrivano or supercargo of the vessel; "'tis a good piece, and has turned the flight of many a pirate with its first bark."
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Immediately he was commanded to fill the office of scrivano to the Dey -- that post being vacant in consequence of the previous secretary having given his master some offence, for which he had had his head cut off.
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Among other things, he made some stern laws in reference to runaway slaves; and, having his attention drawn to the fact that the scrivano-grande of the late Achmet, and his assistant secretary, had not yet been discovered, he not only ordered the search for them to be continued with increased diligence, but took the unusual method of offering a reward to any one who should find or bring news of them.
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After giving many thanks for his kindness, and delivering the present as from our captain, we went, by the advice of the Jew, to visit the scrivano, who is likewise chief customer or shahbander; and as he was not at home, his servant received and entertained us with much civility.
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On the 9th, our landlord and the scrivano told us that three junks from
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They wrote down every thing that I sold; and at my embarking, the captain directed me to deliver all my money and goods into the hands of the _scrivano_ or purser of the ship, which I did, and the scrivano left an acknowledgement with the captain, that myself with the money and goods should be delivered up to the veedor general in India.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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We took leave of him on the 19th of August, and of the scrivano and other chief men of the town, from whom we received protestations of continued kindness on all future occasions.
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But on our arrival here, the veedor would not meddle with either money or goods, seeing that no crime was substantiated against us: Wherefore the goods remained in the ship nine or ten days after our arrival; and then, as the ship was to sail from thence, the scrivano sent the goods on shore, where they remained a day and a night without any one to receive them.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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About half an hour after, the chief scrivano came to accompany me, with whom I went, joining the governor by the way, and rode with him to the place.
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