noun, plural pen·men.
- a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- an expert in penmanship.
- a writer or author.
noun plural -men
- a person skilled in handwriting
- a person who writes by hand in a specified waya bad penman
- an author
n.1610s, “copyist, clerk, scrivener” (obsolete), from pen (n.1) + man (n.).