typist

[ tahy-pist ]
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noun
  1. a person who operates a typewriter.

Origin of typist

1
1835–45 for earlier sense “typesetter”; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist

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British Dictionary definitions for typist

typist

/ (ˈtaɪpɪst) /


noun
  1. a person who types, esp for a living

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