calligrapher
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7.0
- noun
- /kəˈlɪɡrəfər/
:
calígrafo
- The accomplished calligrapher created beautiful invitations adorned with artistic lettering.
- court calligrapher
- calligrapher's art
- calligrapher and painter
We want to be calligraphers and all that kind of stuff, but these gifts are amazing.
- We want to be calligraphers and all that kind of stuff, but these gifts are amazing.
- But you know, you just get these calligraphers that drink their own kool-aid.
Examples
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Otis's name and address were on the front, written not in Natalie's freehand but in a calligrapher's script.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the workshop, the experienced calligrapher taught us how to use traditional tools for stunning handwriting.
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Another surprise, there was a fine traditional calligrapher in the temple gift shop.
Fiction book (1996) -
Dr. Tu was quite a good calligrapher, if nothing else.
Fiction book (1999) -
When I began freelancing, I started out as a calligrapher.
Blog text (6) -
Kelly is also a master calligrapher and hand-letters invitations for special folks in her life.
Blog text (12) -
Thanks to her simple guidance, he became the poet and calligrapher Han Sukbong, famed and respected during the reign of King Sunjo in the Yi Dynasty.
Academic text (1995) -
She admired the calligrapher's intricate designs displayed in the gallery at the cultural fair.
Synonyms
1
7.7
A person who writes for a living, for example a journalist or author
1
7.3
A person who writes or paints words on signs and art
A person who makes beautiful writing by hand
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
calligrapher = calligraphy (transparent) = calligraphy + er
The word is formed productively from 'calligraphy' plus the agentive suffix '-er', so the meaning 'person who does calligraphy' is directly recoverable.
Etymology
The word calligrapher comes from the Greek parts kalli- 'beautiful' and -graph 'to write', the same -graph you see in autograph and graphic. So a calligrapher is someone who 'writes beautifully'.