copyist

Questions about copyist

What does copyist mean?

copyist means "someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts".

How many syllables are in copyist?

copyist has 2 syllables and divides as co-pyist under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for copyist?

Close synonyms include scribe, scrivener. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is copyist a common word?

copyist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.