noun. A copyist; a scribe.

noun. An expert in penmanship.

noun. An author; a writer.

noun. A person considered with reference to his skill in the use of the pen; absolutely, one who writes a good hand; a calligrapher; also, one who professes or teaches the art of penmanship.

noun. An author; a writer.

noun. One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.

noun. An author; a composer.

noun. A scribe, or person who copies texts

noun. A journalist or other author

noun. informal terms for journalists

"The expression, and style, and love, intimate that the penman was the same with that of the foregoing epistle; he is now the elder, emphatically and eminently so; possibly the oldest apostle now living, the chief elder in the church of God."