calligrapher
Americannoun
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calligraphers
plural
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someone who practices calligraphy as an art or profession.
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(with modifier) someone who writes by hand.
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A calligrapher was there to personalize free gifts with purchases, while two baristas manned an espresso bar set up for the occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But spare a thought for the calligrapher who wrote it.
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, commissioned the project and Donald Jackson, an internationally known calligrapher from Monmouth, Wales, in 1998.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Use white paint to create a simple pattern like polka-dots or pinstripes, or break out your inner calligrapher and write folks' names in front of their assigned seat.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2021
In accordance with his high esteem for Caesar's masterpiece he had possessed himself of a beautiful copy of it, written by the celebrated calligrapher Praxitelides, upon papyrus of the finest quality.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
But both those new to the medium and seasoned calligraphers say the deliberate, steady nature of the practice is a huge part of its appeal — one that is on the upswing.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
Yet not all of the artists are calligraphers, and not all of the calligraphy is Chinese.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
“The skilled calligraphers and illuminators have created something more than an artifact of a particular religion or group,” Parish said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2018
The scurry, and the claws, may be said to have a cause in evolution by natural selection, which works on organisms and parts thereof as traditional calligraphers work on Japanese scrolls, imperfectly but with elegance.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2016
The Cistercian illuminators, or rather calligraphers, while they constantly repudiate the golden splendour and monstrous follies of their rivals, absolutely excel in this same ornamental draughtsmanship.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
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