stenographer
noun
ste·nog·ra·pher
stə-ˈnä-grə-fər 
1
: a writer of shorthand
2
: a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation
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Marson’s 1932 play, At What a Price, depicts a young Black woman from the Jamaican countryside who moves to Kingston and takes a job as a stenographer.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Black business owners occupied five blocks between West Broadway and Chester streets in downtown Little Rock, with a laundromat, restaurants, stenographer and notary public offices, retail shops and more.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
That’s a crazy system, but nonetheless, after the stenographers get paid, Merchan should publish the transcripts.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
According to official court transcript: [The judge; the attorneys]; the jury; the plaintiff; the defendant; her mother, Mrs. George Jones; and the stenographer left the courtroom and entered the jury room.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Black business owners occupied five blocks between West Broadway and Chester streets in downtown Little Rock, with a laundromat, restaurants, stenographer and notary public offices, retail shops and more.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
That’s a crazy system, but nonetheless, after the stenographers get paid, Merchan should publish the transcripts.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
According to official court transcript: [The judge; the attorneys]; the jury; the plaintiff; the defendant; her mother, Mrs. George Jones; and the stenographer left the courtroom and entered the jury room.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Stenographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stenographer. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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stenographer
noun
ste·nog·ra·pher
stə-ˈnäg-rə-fər
1
: a writer of shorthand
2
: one employed chiefly to take and make a copy of dictation
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