[
UK
/kˈɒpɪˌɪst/
]
NOUN
- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
How To Use copyist In A Sentence
- Berns studied classical piano as a child, and worked as a record salesman, music copyist and session pianist in his teens and twenties.
- Many who were less talented at writing entered the world of publishing as editors, calligraphers, copyists, or proofreaders.
- Their best ideas were all nicked, but sharp songwriting and a fantastic image elevated them beyond mere copyists.
- At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
- This painting is by a copyist.
- The inclusion of so many annotations does not sit easily with the view that these books were commissioned from professional copyists.
- It of course took quite some months to copy a book, but a skilled copyist could manage a document much more quickly.
- The Chinese painters were meticulous copyists of the bookplates, drawings, or watercolors of arms provided them.
- He is no mere copyist though, as he manages to create a sound all his own, rooted entirely in artistry.
- Eighteenth-century miniaturists were part of an industry of copyists who provided full-scale replicas for a range of residences and official sites or reduced life-size portraits to handy pocket-size miniatures.