Penman
[pen-muh n] /ˈpɛn mən/
noun, plural penmen.
1.
a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
2.
an expert in .
3.
a writer or author.
/ˈpɛnmən/
noun (pl) -men
1.
a person skilled in handwriting
2.
a person who writes by hand in a specified way: a bad penman
3.
an author
n.
1610s, “copyist, clerk, scrivener” (obsolete), from pen (n.1) + man (n.).
noun
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