- someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- A copyist is a person who makes written copies. In ancient times, a scrivener was also called a calligraphus (pl. calligraphi). The term's modern use is almost entirely confined to music copyists, who are employed by the music industry to produce neat copies from a composer or arranger's manuscript.
- (Copyists) who dealt with basic production and correspondence
- Those who copy text and books, also known as clerks and used as notaries.