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Penman

A scribe, or person who copies texts

📖 Definitions of "Penman"

noun

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
scribenoun	Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
scribblernoun	One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
scribenoun	Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
scribblernoun	One who scribbles; a hasty or untalented writer or artist.
calligraphernoun	one who practices calligraphy
monteithnoun	A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.
amanuensisnoun	One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
copyistnoun	A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
copiernoun	A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.
papyrographernoun	(rare, chiefly historical) One who writes on papyrus.
copistnoun	(obsolete) A copier; one who copies.
penpersonnoun	(rare) A person with writing skills.
pressmannoun	Someone who operates a printing press.
scrivanonoun	(archaic) A scribe or clerk.
copyholdernoun	(dated, publishing) A device that holds copy in place for typesetting.
librariusnoun	(historical) An ancient or medieval bookseller.
scholarnoun	A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
writing masternoun	A bird, the yellow bunting or yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella.
penmakernoun	One who makes pens for writing.
copyreadernoun	One who copyreads.
cutter and pasternoun	(informal, computing) Anyone who copies text from one source and pastes it to another, using a computer.
hierographernoun	A sacred scribe.