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copyist

[ kop-ee-ist ]

noun

  1. a person who transcribes copies, especially of documents.
  2. an imitator.


copyist

/ ˈ°ìÉ’±èɪɪ²õ³Ù /

noun

  1. a person who makes written copies; transcriber
  2. a person who imitates or copies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of copyist1

First recorded in 1690–1700; copy + -ist
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The museum let these copyists—that was the term for them—store their things there.

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Not that you had to be all that clever back then to spot Austen copyists.

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To support himself in New York, he served as an assistant and copyist for the composer and critic Virgil Thomson, who paid the young man $20 a week and gave him lessons in orchestration.

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It could be a student, imitator, copyist, colleague or competitor.

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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.

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