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Kopist — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amanuensis noun One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • copyist noun A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
  • scribe noun A person employed to write or copy documents by hand, especially historically.

Senses

Kopist is used for these senses in English:

  • amanuensis One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  • copyist A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
  • scribe Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.

amanuensis — full definition

  1. noun One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  2. noun A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

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