copyist

Example Sentences

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It could be a student, imitator, copyist, colleague or competitor.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

Either way, I thought it was a work of beauty and genius, especially after getting to study the music up close as I proofread parts of the score for the show’s copyist.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

A woman develops a special bond with composer Ludwig van Beethoven while working as his copyist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

Pierre loses his fortune and becomes a writer; Isabel becomes his diligent copyist.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Even the copyist in the Antwerp Gallery who, being armless, painted with his toes was an amusement, as much to my uncle, who loved freaks, as to myself.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh