copiern.
/ˈkɒpɪə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpiər/ 1.
a. One who copies or makes a copy of a writing or document; a transcriber, copyist.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > copyist
librarya1382
scribe1535
exemplifier1552
stationer1576
copier1597
transcriber1610
transcriptor1617
copy-clerk1623
exscribera1631
bibliographer1656
calligrapher1662
librarian1670
copist1682
copyist1699
calligraph1801
copiator1811
calligraphist1816
copying clerk1836
chirographer1848
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 151 To impute it to the ouersight of the copyers.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 349 The Copiantes, or Copiers out of old bookes..wrot it.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 9 The Scribes and Copyers of those Times.
1781 S. Johnson Philips in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 9 He supposed it to be corrupted by the copiers.
1879 F. J. Furnivall Rep. Early Eng. Text Soc. 8 For the decipherment of the faded text the Society is indebted to its Oxford copier.
b. One who copies a work of art.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > [noun] > artist > copyist
copist1682
copier1710
copyist1756
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 166. ⁋3 This Order has produced great Numbers of tolerable Copiers in Painting.
1719 J. Richardson Art Crit. 175 Neither is that..Intirely Coppy where the Whole Thought is taken, but the manner of the Coppier used as to the Colouring.
2. One who copies or imitates; an imitator.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates
followera1398
imitator1523
counterfeiter1526
counterfeitress1577
ape1594
imitatrix1606
emulator1652
figurer1665
mime1677
copier1679
copist1682
mimicker1693
copyist1756
mimic1791
polygraph1794
polygraphic1797
polygrapher1810
echoer1823
imitatressa1834
me-too1886
copycat1896
1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. b To imitate Fletcher is but to Copy after him who was a Copyer.
1683 J. Dryden Vindic. ‘Duke of Guise’ 34 The Sorbonists were the Original, and our Schismatiques in England, were the Copiers of Rebellion.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 164. ⁋9 His virtues will be cited to justify the copiers of his vices.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. vii. 158 Such imitation does not in the least interfere with the natural character of the copier.
3. A device for making copies of documents, etc., esp. a photocopier.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun] > for performing other processes
purchase1711
adjuster1747
concentrator1804
steamer1814
isolator1855
spacer1857
tumbler1857
plough1860
aspirator1863
trap1877
tumbling-box1877
plicater1880
comparator1883
tumbler-drum1883
rumbling barrel1894
copier1917
programmer1945
simulator1947
tensioner1950
platformer1953
hydrogasifier1966
snubber1972
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > action of repeating in a copy or making a copy > photocopying > devices for making copies
polygraph1803
copier1917
ditto1919
1917 L. R. Dicksee Office Machinery ii. 14 Even if the best press-copiers are unsatisfactory, the average Duplicator is still more so.
1919 H. Etheridge Dict. Typewriting 62 The letter copier, with chemically-prepared paper, seems to fulfil all requirements.
1928 L. R. Dicksee Office Machinery (ed. 3) vii. 54 This last-named advantage..is also a peculiar advantage of the various photographic copiers.
1947 Machines & Appliances in Govt. Offices (H.M.S.O.) 16/2 The process through the copier is the same as for dye-line.
1966 Economist 15 Oct. 300/2 Most offices need a copier.
1984 Sydney Morning Herald 10 Nov. 14/4 (advt.) We market the highly successful U-bix range of copiers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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