typist
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈtaɪpɪst/
- Archaic
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mecanógrafo
- She works as a typist at the local newspaper, typing articles for the editors.
- a professional typist
- a digit typist
- a keyboard typist
What you would do was hand write all your great thoughts and hand it to a typist.
- What you would do was hand write all your great thoughts and hand it to a typist.
- It's, it's like driving a car typing, you know, for an experienced typist or driver.
- So my, I was used to be a fast typist and I can't go up, take a hike to clear my head.
Examples
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She happens to be an excellent typist.
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I will send for a typist.
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My mother, who always wanted to work, kept her employment as a typist for a while.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Why, yes," said the typist, "I believe he went back into the office to get it."
Fiction book (1990) -
We realized quickly that he's by far the better typist, and he's always eager to do my letters and documents.
Fiction book (1995) -
Miss Vivian Hall was a shorthand typist from Putney.
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So, most struggling actresses work as waitresses or typists while they're trying to get a job.
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A few enlisted women begin their service as typists and are then organized into either squads or platoons
Academic text (1993) -
As a skilled typist, he can type over 70 words per minute with high accuracy.
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After applying for the job, she was hired as a typist in the city's administrative office.
Synonyms
1
3.4
A person who writes using a keyboard
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5.4
A person who uses a keyboard without looking at the keys
Compounds
- Archaic
A person who writes or types what someone says quickly using short signs
How Old-fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Typist comes from the word type, which once meant a 'mark' or 'shape', plus the ending -ist, meaning a person who does something. So a typist is a person who makes printed letters on a page, which is why it means someone whose job is to type documents.