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COPYIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

Synonyms:

copyist; scribe; scrivener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("copyist" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Instance hyponyms:

Ezra (a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem)

Derivation:

copy (a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record))

copy (make a replica of)

copy (copy down as is)

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