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单词 epistolographist
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epistolographistn.

Brit. /ᵻˌpɪstəˈlɒɡrəfɪst/, U.S. /ᵻˌpɪstəˈlɑɡrəfəst/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἐπιστολογράϕος , -ist suffix.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἐπιστολογράϕος letter-writer, secretary (see epistolographer n.) + -ist suffix. Compare earlier epistolographer n.
Chiefly literary.
A writer of letters; (also) a person who studies letter-writing.
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secretary1587
epistler1592
epistolizer1615
letter writer1615
epistoler1620
epistolographer1687
scribe1712
epistolist1743
epistolarian1807
epistolographist1818
epistolean1819
1818 T. F. Dibdin Let. 16 Aug. in Bibl. Antiquarian & Picturesque Tour in France & Germany (1821) III. xlii. 246 There were, some half century ago, about a dozen more churches;—but they have been since either destroyed or desecrated:—a politer epistolographist would have said ‘converted to civil purposes’.
1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 20/2 Your kinsman and epistolographist, Numenius.
1961 Jrnl. Oriental Inst. (Baroda) Mar. 248 The official correspondence to other kings drafted by the epistolographist, was to be approved of by the ministers.
1999 A. Marcone in G. W. Bowersock et al. Late Antiq. 380/1 Late antique clientage..is well attested, since it is mentioned in the most disparate sources: by historians such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Zosimus, by epistolographists.
2004 E. R. Richards Paul & First-Cent. Let. Writing iii. 57 Berry draws no implications from the fragmentary nature of the contents. He does not seem to be an epistolographist, judging from his misunderstanding of letter addresses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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