penman

[ pen-muhn ]

noun

, plural pen·men.

1. a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
2. an expert in penmanship.
3. a writer or author.

penman

/ ˈpɛnmən /

noun

1. a person skilled in handwriting
2. a person who writes by hand in a specified way

   a bad penman

3. an author

Word History and Origins

Origin of penman¹

First recorded in 1585–95; pen ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

As director of speechwriting in Barack Obama's second term, he was the principal penman behind four State of the Unions.

From BBC

Drakeo the Ruler was a one-of-a-kind penman, eschewing traditional English for a coded language of references and surrogates that could fill its own dictionary.

From Los Angeles Times

The workmanship was no less fastidious even at the bottom of the board, near the doorsill, where the two penmen, each in his turn, had obviously lain on their stomachs.

From Literature

Christian Meier, its media editor, described as being reliant on “a group of reporters with a strong power base that have remodelled the magazine into a penmen’s journal, under which strong research has suffered”.

From The Guardian

She even gave the penman, who set up temporary shop outside headquarters, a dime to make a card for her.

From Literature