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
Either way, I thought it was a work of beauty and genius, especially after getting to study the music up close as I proofread parts of the score for the show’s copyist.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021
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
According to M. Azevedo the original overture was lost through the carelessness of a copyist; but the work could scarcely thus have disappeared unless not only the score, but also the band parts, had vanished.
From The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by Edwards, Henry Sutherland
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