Obs. rare–1. [a. OF. escrivain (mod.F. écrivain) = Pr. escriban, Sp. escribano, It. scrivano:—late L. scrībānus, f. L. scrība scribe.] A clerk.
a. 1734. North, Lives (1826), II. 399. Servants, escrivains and other attendances at a great expense.
