calligrapher

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/kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/

noun

one who practices calligraphy

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calligraphist
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Meanings

nouncalligrapher (plural calligraphers)

plural calligraphers

  1. one who practices calligraphy

    Synonyms: calligraphist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone who practices calligraphy

Similar
calligraphist

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone skilled in penmanship

Similar
calligraphist
Broader
skilled workertrained worker
Also see
calligraphistchirographist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From calligraphy + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic خَطَّاط
  • خَطَّاط (ḵaṭṭāṭ)one who practices calligraphy
Catalan cal·lígraf
  • cal·lígrafone who practices calligraphy
Chinese Mandarin 書法家 /书法家, 書家 /书家
  • 書法家 /书法家 (shūfǎjiā)one who practices calligraphy
  • 書家 /书家 (shūjiā)one who practices calligraphy
Finnish kalligraafikko
  • kalligraafikkoone who practices calligraphy
French calligraphe
  • calligrapheone who practices calligraphy
German Schreibkünstler, Schreibkünstlerin
  • Schreibkünstlerone who practices calligraphy
  • Schreibkünstlerinone who practices calligraphy
  • Kalligrafone who practices calligraphy
  • Kalligraphone who practices calligraphy
  • Kalligrafinone who practices calligraphy
  • Kalligraphinone who practices calligraphy
Greek καλλιγράφος
  • καλλιγράφος (kalligráfos)one who practices calligraphy
Hindi सुलेखक
  • सुलेखक (sulekhak)one who practices calligraphy
Irish callagrafaí
  • callagrafaíone who practices calligraphy
Italian calligrafo
  • calligrafoone who practices calligraphy
Japanese 書家, 書道家
  • 書家 (shoka)one who practices calligraphy
  • 書道家 (shodōka)one who practices calligraphy
Korean 서예가
  • 서예가 (seoyega)one who practices calligraphy
Latvian kaligrāfs, kaligrāfe
  • kaligrāfsone who practices calligraphy
  • kaligrāfeone who practices calligraphy
Persian خوشنویس, خطاط
  • خوشنویس (xošnevis)one who practices calligraphy
  • خطاط (xattât)one who practices calligraphy
Polish kaligraf
  • kaligrafone who practices calligraphy
Portuguese calígrafo
  • calígrafoone who practices calligraphy
Romanian caligraf, caligrafă
  • caligrafone who practices calligraphy
  • caligrafăone who practices calligraphy
Russian калли́граф
  • калли́граф (kallígraf)one who practices calligraphy
Spanish calígrafo, pendolista
  • calígrafoone who practices calligraphy
  • pendolistaone who practices calligraphy
  • pendolarioone who practices calligraphy
Swedish kalligraf
  • kalligrafone who practices calligraphy
Vietnamese nhà thư pháp
  • nhà thư phápone who practices calligraphy
Cite this entry
APA

calligrapher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calligrapher

MLA

“calligrapher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calligrapher. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calligrapher,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calligrapher.

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