typist

[ tahy-pist ]

noun

1. a person who operates a typewriter.

typist

/ ˈtaɪpɪst /

noun

1. a person who types, esp for a living

Word History and Origins

Origin of typist¹

1835–45 for earlier sense “typesetter”; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist

Example Sentences

I also became a very fast typist because I was in charge of taking field notes and sometimes I’d have three producers running on-the-fly interviews all at once.

From Los Angeles Times

It took the city 377 business days to approve a list of candidates for a clerk typist position and 362 calendar days for a position at the Long Beach port, he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

The quantity of typewritten evidence presented at the trials—200,000 affidavits and sworn depositions of over 360 live witnesses, according to the last living signal-corps typist—all needed to be translated into English, French, Russian, and German.

From Slate

Musk himself has already talked about a future where his device could allow people to communicate with a phone or computer "faster than a speed typist or auctioneer".

From BBC

Referring to the late British scientist who had motor neurone disease, he added: "Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer. That is the goal."

From BBC

Related Words

• assistant
• clerk
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