Definition of captioner
captioners
: a person who writes captions; especially : a person who provides the captions used in closed captioning The captioner strokes the steno keys while listening to the live broadcast, transcribing the broadcast accurately while inserting correct punctuation and other symbols. — Ferguson's Careers In Focus, 2009
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1936
First Known Use of captioner
1936
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