penman

pen·man

noun \-mən\

Definition of PENMAN

1

a : calligrapher b : copyist, scribe c : a person with a specified quality or kind of handwriting <a poor penman>

2

: author

Examples of PENMAN

1. <the prolific penman of dozens of horror stories>
2. <an essay on Jacob Shallus, the penman who inked the United States Constitution>

First Known Use of PENMAN

1539

Related to PENMAN

Synonyms: litterateur (or littérateur), pen, author, scribe, scrivener, writer

Antonyms: nonauthor

Related Words: auteur, belletrist (also belle-lettrist), stylist, wordsmith; coauthor, coscenarist, cowriter; ghostwriter, hack, hatchet man, scribbler, wordmonger; biographer, hagiographer; autobiographer, memoirist, memorialist; fabulist, fictioneer, fictionist, novelist, romancer, storyteller; essayist, pamphleteer, satirist; dramatist, playwright, scenarist, screenwriter, scriptwriter; prosaist, prosateur, proser; bard, poet, rhymer, versifier; blogger, columnist, journalist, newspaperman, paragrapher, reporter, sportswriter

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