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manuscripts

manuscripts is the plural of manuscript.

Meaning of manuscript

Noun

manuscript (plural manuscripts)

  1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
    • We read in history, that the beauty of an ancient manuscript tempted King Alfred, when a boy at his mother's knee, to learn the letters of the Saxon tongue.1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Anglo-Saxon Language and Poetry”, in The Poets and Poetry of Europe. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey and Hart, […], →OCLC, page 1, column 1
  2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

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Synonyms of manuscripts

Phrases with manuscripts

Questions about manuscripts

What is manuscripts the plural of?
Manuscripts is the plural of manuscript.

Words near manuscripts in the dictionary

  1. manuscript paper
  2. manuscript papers
  3. manuscriptal
  4. manuscription
  5. manuscriptions
  6. manuscripts
  7. manuscriptural
  8. Manuses
  9. manushya
  10. manushyas
  11. manusina

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