briefman

== English == === Etymology === From brief +‎ -man. === Noun === briefman (plural briefmen) (law, dated) Someone who makes a brief. (historical) A copier of a manuscript, especially the Bible. Synonym: copyist === References === “briefman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.