calligrapher
Americannoun
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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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She gardens, cooks, is an impeccable calligrapher and shares her love of crafting with her equally famous guests.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2025
In fact, only a single dot over an i had been missing at the end, says the calligrapher, with no nightmare spelling mistakes discovered in the hand-stitched pages of copperplate writing.
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
By that, we mean handing over money to hire a calligrapher for a fresh take on writing one’s own name in cursive.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023
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 White, Edward Lucas
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