Answer: scribe

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SCRIBEMany a monk, once
SCRIBEAuthor.
SCRIBEFrench writer of comedies.
SCRIBECopier of manuscripts.
SCRIBENewsman
SCRIBEPublic writer
SCRIBEEarly copier of mss.
SCRIBEFrench dramatist: 1791-1861
SCRIBEMatthew, Mark, Luke or John
SCRIBESkilled penman
SCRIBEObsolescent occupation
SCRIBETorah copyist
SCRIBEWriter for hire
SCRIBECopier
SCRIBECopier of a manuscript
SCRIBEAptly named French dramatist.
SCRIBEWorker who sets things down
SCRIBENewspaper columnist, humorously
SCRIBEProfessional writer
SCRIBEOld record keeper
SCRIBEJournalist, informally
SCRIBEPen for hire
SCRIBEPublic secretary of old
SCRIBEPharisee's associate
SCRIBECopyist for hire
SCRIBEEarly copier
SCRIBEJob in a monastery
scribeperson who writes or copies manuscripts
scribeto mark with a pointed instrument
SCRIBEWriter of sorts
SCRIBEDrudge with a pen
SCRIBEWriter
SCRIBEOld manuscript copier
SCRIBEWriter of the Middle Ages
SCRIBEPublic clerk
SCRIBEMan of letters?
SCRIBEBook copier of old
SCRIBECopyist
SCRIBEWriter, slangily
SCRIBEMany a medieval monk