Typist

//ˈtaɪpɪst// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.

    "During that Sunday 42 typists in the Traffic Manager's office at Glasgow were working long hours to produce the staff duty diagrams and new timesheets for the improvised Airdrie-Helensburgh and Coatbridge-Balloch services; ..."

  2. 2
    someone paid to operate a typewriter wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
printertypestertypewritertypewriter

Example

More examples

"The office manager will explain to the new typist where she should work and what she should do."

Etymology

From type + -ist.

Related phrases

audio-typistcopy typistshorthand typisttouch-typistdata entry clerktouch typing

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