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escribano
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escribano [es-cre-bah’-no]
noun
1Notary public; scrivener. (m)
- Escribano de cámara -> the clerk of a high court of justice, who must be also a notary public
- Escribano de número, or del número -> one of a certain number of notaries public, before whom only certain deeds can be executed
2Purser of a vessel. (m)
3An insect, shaped like a small spider, which is in continual movement upon the surface of slow streams or fountains. (Zoology) (m)
- Es un gran escribano -> he writes a very neat hand, he writes like copper plate
- Escribano or escribanillo del agua -> water-skater
A (agua) skater. Gerris.
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