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copyist

Meaning of "copyist" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COPYIST

ˈkɒpɪɪst


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COPYIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Copyist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COPYIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Copyist

A copyist is a person who makes copies. The term is sometimes used for artists who make copies of other artists' paintings. However, the modern use of the term is almost entirely confined to music copyists, who are employed by the music industry to produce neat copies from a composer or arranger's manuscript.

Definition of copyist in the English dictionary

The definition of copyist in the dictionary is a person who makes written copies; transcriber. Other definition of copyist is a person who imitates or copies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COPYIST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COPYIST

copyboy · copycat · copyfight · copygirl · copygraph · copyhold · copyholder · copying · copying ink · copyism · copyleft · copyread · copyreader · copyright · copyright deposit library · copyright social conflict · copyrightable · copyrighter · copytaker · copywriter

WORDS THAT END LIKE COPYIST

accompanyist · entryist · essayist · hobbyist · immunoassayist · lobbyist · McCarthyist · rallyist · superlobbyist · Trotskyist · voluntaryist

Synonyms and antonyms of copyist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «copyist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COPYIST

Find out the translation of copyist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of copyist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «copyist» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

抄写员
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

copista
570 millions of speakers
en

English

copyist
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिलिपिकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الناسخ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

переписчик
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

copista
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নকলকারী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

copiste
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Penyalin
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Nachahmer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

写字生
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

필사자
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Copyist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người biên lại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வேதபாரகனுமாகிய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिवादी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kopyacı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

copista
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kopista
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

переписувач
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

copist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιγραφέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorskryffout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

copyist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

copyist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of copyist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COPYIST»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of copyist
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about copyist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COPYIST»

Discover the use of copyist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to copyist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Australian Guide to Careers in Music
In this type of work the copyist takes the original handwritten score of a composer and enters the notation into a music notation computer program (the most professional of these are Finale and Sibelius). Then, through a process not unlike  ...
Michael Hannan, 2003
2
Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady
148/2: Yost Jew Wait (1p, percussion score) 148/3: Just You Wait (7pp, copyist's piano score of original version) 148/3: Intro to Reprise of Just You Wait (2pp, Rittmann's piano—vocal score [ann.]) 148/3: Street Reprise (2pp, Rittmann score on ...
Dominic McHugh, 2012
3
Persian Literature - A Bio-Bibliographical Survey: Poetry of ...
NaĎr 3Alī (copyist) 260 MuÐammadNKrAllāh AÐrārī Ghaznawī 530 MuÐammad Pāyēzī: seeMajd MuÐammad MuÐammad Qāsimb. Shēr 3Alī (copyist) 466 MuÐammad Qāsimb. SulĘān MaÐmKd 3Ishqābādī (copyist) 471 MuÐammadQazwīnī ...
Francois De Blois, 2004
4
Mozart's Piano Concertos: Text, Context, Interpretation
The copyist here arbitrarily designated "copyist A" is responsible for everything except the keyboard part in a second, separately cataloged set of orchestral parts for the same concerto in the same archive; in fact, the keyboard parts from that ...
Neal Zaslaw, 1996
5
A Critical Examination of the Peshitta Version of the Book ...
D.'HJJB'n] Va.i1, This is a copyist's error for ta-U. Cf. vs. 40 for opposite mistake in writing final ^-. The translator took this word for a proper name. This accounts for the addition of the copula to the following -£». p^B] o»^V This is due to a ...
Charles Arthur Hawley, 2006
6
Bach Studies
Abert, Hermann, 54 Adler, Guido, 299 Adorno, Theodor, 1 1 1 Agricola, Johann Friedrich, 171; Bach's music as compositional model, 290, 292, 293; in Berlin, 287; copyist of BL, 247; copyist of P 202, 251, 252, 277; copyist off 226, 249n, 251 ...
Don O. Franklin, 2008
7
Historia de la Conquista de México:
One result of the vowel merging was that the copyist seems to have had no conception at all of how Spanish verbs of the third conjugation change the stem vowel in the preterit and allied tenses; thus we find "morieron" for murieron 'they died' ...
James Lockhart, 1993
8
Malay Literature of the 19th Century
Of course, it is not possible to ascertain that which was done due to lack of intelligence or proof of laziness and uncertainties on the part of the copyist. Thus, it may be seen that various factors influenced the Malay copyist in the course of ...
Siti Hawa Hj. Salleh, 2010
9
Handbuch der Orientalistik: Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten
Salih "Suwar al- dhahab", 24, 34 Muhammad 'Isa al-Mirghani al-Shayqi (copyist), 181 Muhammad cIsawi al-Shayqi (copyist), 194 Muhammad Jaml, 121 Muhammad Jan al-Khurasani, 120 Muhammad al-Jawhari, 184 Muhammad Karrarb.
John O. Hunwick, 1972
10
Officers and Employees of the Department of Commerce and ...
Conant, Luther, jr Walker, Francis Edgerton, Charles E Hunter, William B Pool, Fmnk J Dynes, John H Sterns, Worthy P West, Max Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk Clerk Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist Copyist  ...
United States. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, 1908

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COPYIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term copyist is used in the context of the following news items.
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CREEP to Open in October at WaterTower Theatre
... Kellen Voss (Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Mixer), Adam C. Wright (Copyist/Transcriber), Dan Kazemi (Orchestrator), Kyle Eric Bradford ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
2
Cast Announced for Jessica Dickey's THE GUARD at Ford's Theatre …
Kathryn Tkel plays a copyist in the gallery, and later in the play, Rembrandt's lover. Tickets for The Guard are now on sale and range $18 to $62 ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
Lowry's paintings are worth a fortune - but can you tell the real ones …
It took him a lifetime to get it right, so it would be similar for a copyist. “It depends, I guess, on who you are trying to fool.” Fake or Fortune? is on ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
4
A genial portraitist rediscovered
If his rivals accused him of being something akin to a copyist, replicating his subjects 'warts and all', then it appeared to put off no one but the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
5
Whose Borges?
... of the time we distinguish it from other kinds of copying (allusion, quotation) fairly easily: it's plagiarism if the copyist hopes no one will notice.'. «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
6
Best Books: Top Lawyers Offer Summer Reading Suggestions for …
Review: A brilliant, disturbing, puzzling and ultimately tragic story about a man employed as a copyist of documents in a Wall Street lawyer's ... «Connecticut Law Tribune, Jun 15»
7
A room to herself
But Thomas refuses to leave Sarah alone, and even Father Ranaulf—a priest, a manuscript copyist, and Sarah's spiritual adviser—finds the ... «The Christian Century, Jun 15»
8
Look for the Great Hercules Kneeling in the Sky This Week
The copyist of Aratus' manuscript, in a marginal note, said "The Kneeler" was Thamyris, an early legendary Thracian bard whose misfortunes ... «Space.com, Jun 15»
9
Call to keep track of latest in judiciary
... training to the junior assistants, examiner, copyist/typist, reader and record clerks on maintenance of records in criminal side, maintenance of ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
10
New on DVD: Check out John Travolta in 'The Forger'
... disease movie and father/son bonding drama , an emotionally raw Travolta stars as a Boston art copyist who pays off a local gangster (Anson ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jun 15»
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