Definition of stenographer
1 : a writer of shorthand
2 : a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation
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Recent Examples of stenographer from the Web
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The Supreme Court did not squarely answer the most pressing issue in the case: whether the public has a right to inspect and copy a stenographer’s audio recording.
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017 The White House press office had a stenographer in meetings with journalists in order to have an independent transcript of the interviews, a common practice, the former official said.
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Update: A former official with the Obama White House contacted The Post to clarify that the transcript provided by Rhodes came from a stenographer in the room during the interview.
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But aides often record interviews by government officials, and a former senior Obama White House official said there was no secret taping system in place, and that a stenographer always recorded meetings with journalists.
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In this smudgy black-and-white film, a hunky young Alan Bates plays Vic Brown, an industrial draftsman and scruffy roughneck from Manchester who begins a fumbling romance with Ingrid (June Ritchie), a pretty stenographer who works at the plant.
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On the morning of April 15th at five minutes to nine, Miss Jordan, the head stenographer, fainted from excitement into the arms of my junior partner.
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Universal Pictures has optioned From the Corner of the Oval, a book proposal by former White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Per The Hollywood Reporter, the as-yet-untitled movie is based on From the Corner of the Oval, a book proposal by former White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein.
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First Known Use of stenographer
1809
STENOGRAPHER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of stenographer for English Language Learners
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: a person whose job is to write down the words that someone says by using a special type of writing (called shorthand)
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