copyist
noun/ˈkɒpiɪst/
/ˈkɑːpiɪst/
- a person who makes copies of written documents or works of artWord 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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