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单词 penman
释义

penman

noun

pen·​man ˈpen-mən How to pronounce penman (audio)
1
a
: calligrapher
b
: copyist, scribe
c
: a person with a specified quality or kind of handwriting
a poor penman
2
: author

Synonyms

  • author
  • litterateur
  • littérateur
  • pen
  • scribe
  • scrivener
  • writer
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Example Sentences

the prolific penman of dozens of horror stories an essay on Jacob Shallus, the penman who inked the United States Constitution

Word History

First Known Use

1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

penman

noun

1
as in writer
a person who creates a written work the prolific penman of dozens of horror stories

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • writer
  • author
  • pen
  • novelist
  • poet
  • litterateur
  • storyteller
  • scrivener
  • scribe
  • biographer
  • woman of letters
  • littérateur
  • scribbler
  • wordsmith
  • screenwriter
  • man of letters
  • blogger
  • belletrist
  • columnist
  • memorialist
  • stylist
  • ghostwriter
  • fictionist
  • fictioneer
  • playwright
  • reporter
  • essayist
  • cowriter
  • versifier
  • hagiographer
  • dramatist
  • autobiographer
  • auteur
  • memoirist
  • pamphleteer
  • rhymer
  • bard
  • romancer
  • journalist
  • coauthor
  • scriptwriter
  • fabulist
  • newspaperman
  • satirist
  • hack
  • scenarist
  • hatchet man
  • sportswriter
  • belle-lettrist
  • proser
  • wordmonger
  • prosaist
  • paragrapher
  • coscenarist
  • prosateur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonauthor
2
as in scribe
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts an essay on Jacob Shallus, the penman who inked the United States Constitution

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • scribe
  • amanuensis
  • calligrapher
  • copyist
  • scrivener
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