Penman noun². ['pɛnmǝn] M20.
[H. L. Penman, 20th-cent. Brit. agriculturist.]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate a formula for calculating the rate of evaporation of water from an area esp. of agricultural land under given conditions.

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penman noun¹. ['pɛnmǝn] Pl. -men. L16.
[from PEN noun² + MAN noun.]
1. A person who writes or uses a pen with a specified degree of skill. L16.

2. A writer, an author. L16.

3. A man who is employed to write or copy documents etc.; a clerk, a secretary, a notary. Now rare. L16.
b. A forger. Criminals' slang. M19.

■ penmanship noun (a) the art of using a pen, calligraphy; (b) the action of composing a document etc: L17.

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