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   copyist

   /ˈkɒpɪɪst/

   noun

   • 1. a person who makes copies, especially of handwritten documents or music: "the end of the first movement is in the hand of a copyist"
   • ▪ a person who imitates the styles of others, especially in art or music: "Beatles copyists"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from copy + -ist; replacing earlier copist, from French copiste or medieval Latin copista, from copiare ‘to copy’, from copia (see copy).

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