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copyist Definition

copy·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a person who makes written copies; transcriber
  2. a person who imitates; copier

copyist Synonyms

copyist

n.

  1. One who imitates

    mimic, copier, parrot; see imitator.

  2. One who makes copies

    clerk, copier, scrivener; see clerk 2, photographer, scribe.

copyist Usage Examples

Possessives

error: One is the establishment of the original text on the basis of the many later manuscripts with their frequent copyists ' errors.

Preposition: of

manuscript: The Dead Sea Scrolls prove that the copyists of biblical manuscripts took great care in going about their work.

Converse of object

have: On the question of copying errors, in the many and various manuscripts that remain today, a large number have copyists ' errors.

Adjective modifier

  • unidentified: Complete set of seven partbooks; unidentified copyist, probably Italian, probably early 17th century.
  • mere: Ibn Sa'd was much more than just a mere copyist.
  • Christian: I would not, and I don't believe the Christian copyists would have either.
  • late: A later copyist might have felt this is what the original author had intended when he saw " 169 years " before him.
  • same: Other sections of this work, partly in the hand of the same copyist, are in Mus.
  • professional: In some cases these would have been done by professional copyists called scribes.

Modifies a noun

  • error: Third, these copyist errors are relatively few in number.
  • unknown: Score, copyist unknown; English, late 17th century.