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COPYIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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)