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typist

[ tahy-pist ]

noun

  1. a person who operates a typewriter.


typist

/ ˈtaɪpɪst /

noun

  1. a person who types, esp for a living


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Word History and Origins

Origin of typist1

1835–45 for earlier sense “typesetter”; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist

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Example Sentences

Taking a job as a typist at a factory, Laura soon finds an unlikely benefactor in her employer.

When I could write longhand, I did that sometimes and then paid a typist.

“When I started working at university, all people were thinking that I am a typist,” she says.

Nakasal-ang ang taypist ug duha ka linya, The typist skipped two lines.

He announced himself to a girl typist, and she referred him to a young man who came forth from a private room.

As a typist he had proved himself expert; in shorthand he had attained the highest speed.

I allude to Miss Joan Meredyth, for some time engaged by me as a typist in my city office.

I am classified as a clerk-typist with the city civil service.

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