"penman" meaning in All languages combined

See penman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: penmen [plural]
Etymology: From pen + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pen|man}} pen + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|penmen}} penman (plural penmen)
  1. A scribe, or a person who copies texts.
    Sense id: en-penman-en-noun-XvC9Z7DG
  2. A person with writing skills; a journalist or other author. Translations (journalist or other author): писател (pisatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пи́сател (písatel) [masculine] (Macedonian), skribent [common-gender] (Swedish), skriftställare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-penman-en-noun-3yFJyjm8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 58 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of 'journalist or other author': 7 90 3
  3. (slang) A forger. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-penman-en-noun-RtcYswge
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: penmanship Coordinate_terms: penwoman

Inflected forms

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