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[ kop-ee-ist ] / ˈkɒp i ɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR copyist ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who transcribes copies, especially of documents. an imitator. Origin of copyistFirst recorded in 1690–1700; copy + -ist Words nearby copyistcopygraph, copyhold, copyholder, copy in, copying machine, copyist, copyleft, copy paper, copy protection, copyread, copyreader Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for copyistThe copyist moves into the office, won't be dismissed, won't accept a gift of money to go away. David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Almost immediately the copyist refuses to perform basic elements of his job: proof-reading for example. David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST Perhaps the copyist forgot a word, as for instance the epithet pravus. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 6 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Brahms is no copyist, reproducing with careful fidelity the precise outline of a master's original. Studies in Modern Music, Second Series|W. H. Hadow
He may be a copyist, he may be an amanuensis, he may be a writer of originals, and furnish both the language and the ideas. Christian Science|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) Here one may see the pen-and-ink drawings of Claude, divided into squares to prepare them for the copyist. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3|Various This view would make Ezekiel an enthusiastic admirer and copyist of Jeremiah. The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
British Dictionary definitions for copyist
nouna person who makes written copies; transcriber a person who imitates or copies Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to copyistcashier, auditor, worker, agent, bookkeeper, operator, salesperson, employee, secretary, receptionist, teller, clerk, transcriber, scrivener, copier, seller, registrar, notary, stenographer, amanuensis |