copyist
Americannoun
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a person who makes written copies; transcriber
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a person who imitates or copies
Etymology
Origin of copyist
Example Sentences
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It could be a student, imitator, copyist, colleague or competitor.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
It’s like an artist being a copyist at a museum; you learn by emulating the strokes of others.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2020
A woman develops a special bond with composer Ludwig van Beethoven while working as his copyist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
Paderni was a painter and copyist from Rome, who had come to Herculaneum to reproduce some of the villa’s wall paintings.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
Finally, he was driven to the stress of seeking employment as a copyist for stationers and lawyers about the Temple, but he could not find an opening for even such ignoble drudgery as this.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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