Copyist

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

A person employed to produce handwritten copies of documents or manuscripts.

“The medieval copyist spent years transcribing illuminated texts in the monastery scriptorium.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈkɒpiɪst/

Syllables

cop·y·ist

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Synonyms

scribescrivener

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Ends in -IST, a reliable suffix pattern, Y in the middle is a good clue to place

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