stenographer

ste·nog·ra·pher | \ stə-ˈnä-grə-fər

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Definition of stenographer

1 : a writer of shorthand

2 : a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation

Examples of stenographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Elaine worked as a homemaker and as a stenographer at a law firm while her husband went to Layton School of Art, which is now the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Elaine Eisner, 'godmother of the Milwaukee advertising community,' dies at 92," 8 Jan. 2020 When the critical transcripts disappeared, they were dutifully recreated by court stenographers using their original shorthand notes. — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, "1919 Black Sox: 5 misconceptions about the scandal, including the myth about Lefty Williams and a hitman," 1 Oct. 2019 Poets are allowed a process; stenographers are not. — Rory Smith, New York Times, "At Chelsea, Hard Work as High Art," 21 Nov. 2019 Marilyn was working as a court stenographer at the time, the same job her father had, and then got a job at RKO Pictures, one of the five major motion picture companies at the time. — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, "Married for 73 years, South Florida man refuses to retire," 27 Nov. 2019 Both in her youth and then again in her 50's Barbara worked as a court medical stenographer, but her greatest pleasure was spending time with her family and friends. — sun-sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 9/6," 6 Sep. 2019 More intriguingly, for the political readership, as a White House stenographer, Stein was not employed as part of the Obama administration but rather as a permanent member of the White House staff. — Rachel King, Fortune, "9 Nonfiction Page-Turners to Bring to the Beach This Summer," 22 June 2019 These days, reading a book from the Obama era might seem like something out of ancient history (if not another planet), but former White House stenographer Beck Dorey Stein’s memoir of her tenure at the White House is a fun throwback. — Rachel King, Fortune, "9 Nonfiction Page-Turners to Bring to the Beach This Summer," 22 June 2019 The authors include his top foreign policy advisers, his communications gurus, his intelligence chief, his photographer and even the stenographer who recorded his every public utterance. — Peter Baker, New York Times, "Postcards From Another Era: Obama Team Memoirs Flood the Stores," 24 June 2018

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“Stenographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stenographer. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.

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