"copyist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑpiɪst/ [General-American], /ˈkɒpiɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-copyist.wav Forms: copyists [plural]
Etymology: From copy + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|copy|ist}} copy + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} copyist (plural copyists)
  1. A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings. Derived forms: autocopyist Translations (person who makes manual copies of works): copista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), kopiist [masculine] (Dutch), jäljentäjä (Finnish), kopisti (Finnish), copiste [masculine] (French), გადამწერი (gadamc̣eri) (Georgian), Kopist [masculine] (German), Kopistin [feminine] (German), αντιγραφέας (antigraféas) [masculine] (Greek), copista [masculine] (Italian), librarius [masculine] (Latin), librariolus (Latin), препи́шувач (prepíšuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), kopista [masculine] (Polish), kopistka [feminine] (Polish), copista (Portuguese), copista (Spanish), amanuense (Spanish), kopist (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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      "word": "Kopist"
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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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      "sense": "person who makes manual copies of works",
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