Penman
[penmәn]
Definition
(n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.
(n.) An author; a composer.
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Writer, scribe, chirographer, chirographist, quill-driver.
Checker: Marsha
Definition
n. a man skilled in the use of the pen: an author:—pl. Pen′men.—n. Pen′manship the use of the pen: art or manner of writing.
Inputed by Bennett
Examples
- The Captain evidently was not a great penman, and Rosamond reflected that the sisters might have been abroad. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Traddles, who would not have smiled for the world, replied composedly: 'But you are a very good penman, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- To copy that number of words, thus printed in three seconds, would occupy a rapid penman forty days, working ten hours a day. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Nelda