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penperson

penperson noun: a person with writing skills.

Noun

penperson (plural penpersons)

  1. (rare) A person with writing skills.
    • Making ministers into penpersons promises to have other favorable long-term effects. The new Church Vocations Unit will need to study the theology of penpersonship. Committees on the Ministry will need to consider copying as a valid call.1987 June, Levi Tickus, “Holy Scribbles! Study Your Penpersonship”, in Presbyterian Survey, the Presbyterian Publishing House of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), →ISSN, page 48, column 3
    • Once you are a superior penperson you become confident in all areas of your life. Those who have scrappy, untidy writing are often scrappy and untidy in their thinking.2001, Richard Craze, Chill Out: 100 Creative Ways to Relax, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 135

Forms of penperson

pluralpenpersons

Origin of penperson

From pen + -person.

Questions about penperson

What does penperson mean?
Penperson means a person with writing skills.
What part of speech is penperson?
Penperson is a noun.
What is the plural of penperson?
The plural of penperson is penpersons.

Words near penperson in the dictionary

  1. penpal
  2. penpals
  3. penpalship
  4. penpalships
  5. Penpergwm
  6. penperson
  7. penpersons
  8. penpersonship
  9. penpoint
  10. penpoints
  11. penpulimab

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