Copyist

//ˈkɑpiɪst// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
  2. 2
    someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts wordnet

Synonyms

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Etymology

From copy + -ist.

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