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copyists

/ˈkɒp.i.ɪsts/

/ˈkɑː.pi.ɪsts/

copyistnoun

copyists

/ˈkɒp.i.ɪst/

/ˈkɑː.pi.ɪst/

Translations

The copyist spent hours transcribing the ancient manuscript by hand.

Le copiste a passé des heures à transcrire le manuscrit ancien à la main.

Additional translations

copisteEmployé aussi pour un artiste qui imite le style d’un autre.

Definitions

A person who makes copies of written or printed material.

The copyist spent hours transcribing the ancient manuscript by hand.

An artist who imitates the style of another artist.

The gallery featured works by a renowned copyist who specialized in reproducing the paintings of the Old Masters.

Synonyms

manuscript writer

copyistadjective

Definitions

Relating to or produced by a copyist; involving the activity of copying.

The scholar traced the discrepancy to a copyist error in the medieval text.