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Definition of Copyist
1. Noun. Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.
Generic synonyms: Employee
Specialized synonyms: Ezra
Derivative terms: Copy, Copy, Copy
Definition of Copyist
1. n. A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
Definition of Copyist
1. Noun. a person who makes written copies of manuscripts; a scrivener or scribe ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Copyist
1. an imitator [n -S] - See also: imitator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copyist
Literary usage of Copyist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1889)
"copyist. Saec. XIV. Wrote, at Verona, in 1323 : "Dares Phrygius et Dictys Cretensis,"
... copyist. Saec. XV. Wrote, in 1469 : " Rabani Mauri lib. de cruce. ..."
2. Beethoven's Letters: A Critical Edition : with Explanatory Notes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Christlieb Kalischer, John South Shedlock (1909)
"... only impress on her to be honest and attached to me, as well as orderly and
punctual in her small services. Your devoted, BEETHOVEN. For the copyist ..."
3. Report by Jacob Merritt Howard, United States Congress. Senate. Select committee on memorial of Davis Hatch (1869)
"A. I think that is the copyist's. Q. Who was the copyist ?—A. A man over the
office of Colonel ... Do you think that is in the handwriting of the copyist ? ..."
4. Life and Letters of William Bewick (artist) by William Bewick, Thomas Landseer (1871)
"BEWICK'S FAME AS A copyist—'REMBRANDT IN GLASGOW UNIVERSITY GENERAL GRAHAM ...
BEWICK had now acquired great skill as a copyist, and while at Gartmore, ..."
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