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Definition of copyist noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

copyist

noun
 
/ˈkɒpiɪst/
 
/ˈkɑːpiɪst/
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  1. a person who makes copies of written documents or works of art
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from copy + -ist; replacing earlier copist, from French copiste or medieval Latin copista, from copiare ‘to copy’, from copia ‘abundance’.
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