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
He left his whole musical library to his copyist, and it was from this that the sources of his work were discovered.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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