noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who writes on papyrus. historical, rare

   "In the less educated papyrographers we find blunders of this kind."

2. 2
   Synonym of papyrologist. rare
3. 3
   One who uses a papyrograph to copy documents. historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

papyrologist

Example

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"In the less educated papyrographers we find blunders of this kind."

Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + -grapher (“writer”) and papyrograph + -er.

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