copist

English

Etymology

From French copiste. See copy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpɪst/

Noun

copist (plural copists)

1. (obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
   • 1710, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Soliloquy: or, Advice to an Author:

     […] whether the Writer be Poet, Philosopher, or of whatever kind, he is in truth no other than a copist after NATURE.

2. Misspelling of copyist.

Related terms

• copyist

References

• “copist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cops it, optics, picots, postic, topics

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French copiste.

Noun

copist m (plural copiști, feminine equivalent copistă)

1. copyist
2. clerk

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	copist	copistul		copiști	copiștii
genitive-dative	copist	copistului		copiști	copiștilor
vocative	copistule			copiștilor

Further reading

• “copist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025