copyist
nounUK /ˈkɒpiɪst/
US /ˈkɑːpiɪst/
A copyist is a person who writes or types out words to make copies of them.
The copyist carefully wrote out the whole letter by hand.
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2. A person who makes copies of music by hand.
The orchestra's copyist prepared the sheet music for every player.
3. A person who imitates another artist's style without originality.
Critics called him a copyist rather than a true painter.
4. Someone whose job is to reproduce documents exactly.
Before printers, a copyist was needed to duplicate important papers.