typist

noun

typ·​ist ˈtī-pist How to pronounce typist (audio)
: a person who types especially as a job

Examples of typist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For much of the 20th century, its offices were inhabited by Britain's leading politicians, from Lord Kitchener to David Lloyd George, along with their armies of staffers, cooks and typists. Leaf Arbuthnot, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 June 2024 Mechanical switches may be prized among typists today, but before there were mechanical keyboards, there was the IBM Model F and its groundbreaking buckling spring switches. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 27 Mar. 2024 Editors’ Picks After high school, Jeannette worked as a typist and a waitress in her father’s restaurant. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 7 June 2024 The typist used one hand to rotate the cylindrical grid and the other hand to move a cursor left and right to indicate one of the 4,356 cells. IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for typist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of typist was in 1885

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“Typist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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typist

noun
typ·​ist ˈtī-pəst How to pronounce typist (audio)
: a person who types especially as a job

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