Character-forming person (6)

I believe the answer is:

scribe

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'person' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for scribe that I've seen before include "One writing documents" , "7 down teacher of the Jewish Law" , "Professional writer" , "Official writer" , "Hack - pen-pusher" .)

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