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noun, masculine

escribano

/eskɾiˈbano/

noun, masculine/eskɾiˈbano/plural: escribanos

court clerk, notary; scrivener; bunting (bird)

Inherited from Old Spanish escriván, from Vulgar Latin *scrībānem, from alteration of declension from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”). Doublet of escriba, a borrowing.