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(a loanword from Spanish)
scribe, notary; perhaps an assistant to the escribano, for both titles can be found in a list of cabildo officers, as though they were separate offices
Antonio Diego of Tlaxcala called himself both an escribano and an escribiente.(Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
nehuatl Antonio Diego nizcriuite = y yo, Antonio Diego, su escribiente (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)
escribano de cabildo Matheo Marçiales scrivientes Sepastian Sarrano Buenaventura Salamanca Nicolas de Tolentino escribano telpiloyan = Escribano de cabildo, Mateo Marciales; escribiente, Sebastián Serrano, Buenaventura Salamanca, Nicolás de Tolentino; escribano de la cárcel, Sebastián de Rosas. (Tlaxcala, 1662–1692)