[f. TRANSCRIBE + -ER1.] One who transcribes; a copyist or copier, as distinct from an original writer.
1610. Holland, Camden’s Brit. (1637), The carelesse negligence of transcribers.
1654. Fuller, Ephemeris, Pref. 3. I … who have no commission to be an Authour, but a Transcriber.
1791. Gentl. Mag., Jan., 21/1. The dull transcribers of printed sermons.
1841. D’Israeli, Amen. Lit. (1867), 218. Spurious writings … ascribed by ignorant transcribers to some ancient sage.
