calligrapher
Americannoun
plural
calligraphers-
someone who practices calligraphy as an art or profession.
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(with modifier) someone who writes by hand.
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Example Sentences
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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
She studied with the lyrical abstract painter Richard Diebenkorn and the Japanese painter and calligrapher, Saburo Hasegawa, from whom she learned about Zen Buddhism.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022
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
Another brother of Francesco had the name of Girolamo when in the world, and of Fra Cherubino among the Frati Zoccolanti di San Francesco; and he was a very beautiful calligrapher and illuminator.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by De Vere, Gaston du C.
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