Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One. skilled in calligraphy. Also spelled caligrapher, kalligrapher.
- noun One whose business is the transcribing of manuscripts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who practices
calligraphy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone skilled in penmanship
Etymologies
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Examples
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Julien's work begins with a calligrapher painting the Chinese words for Ten Thousand Waves on a glass screen in front of the camera; at the end, crew members are seen with sponges, wiping the letters off.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Well, the relative clause is modifying calligrapher, which is (almost certainly) a human.
People that need people I: a history of that/who « Motivated Grammar 2008
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Well, the relative clause is modifying calligrapher, which is (almost certainly) a human.
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In a room across the wide corridor a calligrapher was at work, writing out a Koran.
Among the Believers 1981
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In a room across the wide corridor a calligrapher was at work, writing out a Koran.
Among the Believers 1981
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KH: I did study with a master calligrapher and I think you do essentially need to have a background and an understanding of Arabic calligraphy studies.
Nour Akkad: Kinda Hibrawi and her Modern Abstract Arabic Art Nour Akkad 2011
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NA:Has the master calligrapher you trained with seen your work?
Nour Akkad: Kinda Hibrawi and her Modern Abstract Arabic Art Nour Akkad 2011
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I don't want to be pigeonholed into just being an Arabic calligrapher.
Nour Akkad: Kinda Hibrawi and her Modern Abstract Arabic Art Nour Akkad 2011
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Writing is one of the four virtues of a Chinese noble man, along with being an accomplished calligrapher, chess player, and musician.
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Most people do, says Margaret Shepherd, a calligrapher and author whose books include The Art of the Personal Letter.
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