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)

1. copyist
2. clerk

Declension

Declension of copist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) copist	copistul	(niște) copiști	copiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) copist	copistului	(unor) copiști	copiștilor
vocative	copistule		copiștilor