Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A copyist; a scribe.
- n. An expert in penmanship.
- n. An author; a writer.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A person considered with reference to his skill in the use of the pen; absolutely, one who writes a good hand; a calligrapher; also, one who professes or teaches the art of penmanship.
- n. An author; a writer.
Wiktionary
- n. A scribe, or person who copies texts
- n. A journalist or other author
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. informal terms for journalists
Examples
“The expression, and style, and love, intimate that the penman was the same with that of the foregoing epistle; he is now the elder, emphatically and eminently so; possibly the oldest apostle now living, the chief elder in the church of God.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“This part of the story is related very particularly, perhaps because the penman was an eye-witness of the prudent and successful management of this affair, and remembered it with a great deal of pleasure.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“We are told no more in the title of this book (which we have, v. 1) than that the penman was a prophet, a man divinely inspired and commissioned, which is enough (if that be so, we need not ask concerning his tribe or family, or the place of his birth), and that the book itself is the burden which he saw; he was as sure of the truth of it as if he had seen it with his bodily eyes already accomplished.”
“Worse yet, you're a plastic-penman who tries hard, but doesn't really fully understand the subject he is writing about.”
“Bonus: Go down to Fantagraphics between noon and 1pm and meet iconic penman Jim Woodring.”
“He was a prolific penman, a gifted and self-taught writer whose passionate works gave a romantic sheen to the elemental struggle for survival, and his lonely, self-divided existence was governed by the belief that "fear of death makes for life".”
“Ofelli themselves; whether the rapid pace at which the fancy moveth in such exercitations, where the wish of the penman is to him like Prince”
““I am learned in the law,” I replied, “and a doctor of doctrine; an adept in art and science, a mathematician and a notable penman.””
“In a word, he was transformed from the penman into the captain and man-at-arms.”
“Suppose yourself, brother penman, decorated with this ribbon, and looking in the glass, would you not laugh?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘penman’.
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Unneutered
These politically incorrect words for people contain the element 'man', 'son', or 'boy'.
parson, person, layman, businessman, clergyman, chairman, cameraman, craftsman, craftsmanship, fireman, fisherman, gunman and 50 more...
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Penmanship
Spencerian method, Palmer method, Platt R. Spencer, cursive, round hand, running hand, handwriting, stylus, pen, vellum, penmanship, script and 86 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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the big list
all my wordies
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Seven
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sumit included in a manuscript to illustrate a point being made in the text. As used copiously in the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. Jan 8, 2007