calligrapher
Americannoun
plural
calligraphers-
someone who practices calligraphy as an art or profession.
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(with modifier) someone who writes by hand.
Example Sentences
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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
“Thank you very much,’’ Charles told heraldic artist Tim Noad and calligrapher Stephanie Gill, who worked on the project for 56 days straight.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
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
Once belonged to Nicolas Nathanael of Crete, then to Andreas Damarius of Epidaurus, a calligrapher.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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