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papyrographer

papyrographer noun: one who writes on papyrus.

Noun

papyrographer (plural papyrographers)

  1. (historical, rare) One who writes on papyrus.
    • In the less educated papyrographers we find blunders of this kind.1906, James Hope Moulton, Grammar of New Testament Greek, volume I, page 159
  2. (rare) Synonym of papyrologist.
    Synonyms:
    papyrologist
  3. (historical) One who uses a papyrograph to copy documents.

Synonyms of papyrographer

Forms of papyrographer

pluralpapyrographers

Origin of papyrographer

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + -grapher (“writer”) and papyrograph + -er.

Questions about papyrographer

What does papyrographer mean?
Papyrographer means one who writes on papyrus.
What part of speech is papyrographer?
Papyrographer is a noun.
What is the plural of papyrographer?
The plural of papyrographer is papyrographers.

Words near papyrographer in the dictionary

  1. papyro-
  2. papyrocentric
  3. papyrocracy
  4. papyrograph
  5. papyrographed
  6. papyrographer
  7. papyrographers
  8. papyrographic
  9. papyrographing
  10. papyrographs
  11. papyrography

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