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Webster 1913 Edition

Copist

Cop′ist

,
Noun.
[F.
copiste
. See
Copy
.]
A copier.
[Obs.]
“A copist after nature.”
Shaftesbury.

Webster 1828 Edition

Copist

COPIST

,
Noun.
A copier; an ill formed word.

Definition 2024

copist

copist

English

Noun

copist ‎(plural copists)

  1. (obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
    • Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury
      […] whether the Writer be Poet, Philosopher, or of whatever kind, he is in truth no other than a copist after NATURE.

Etymology

From French copiste. See copy.

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