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View synonyms for stenographer

stenographer

or ste·nog·ra·phist

[ stuh-nog-ruh-fer ]

noun

  1. a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.


stenographer

/ stəˈnɒɡrəfə /

noun

    1. a person skilled in the use of shorthand and in typing Brit equivalentshorthand typist
    2. a peson with these skills whose job it is to record verbatim everything that is said during a court case


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stenographer1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; stenograph + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Clarke had worked as a stenographer for the Health Ministry.

Like a medical stenographer, Lopez shadows doctors and notes what they prescribe, along with all and sundry pertinent information for proper patient care.

From Ozy

Ya-chu Chuang, a 28-year-old freelance stenographer, has been working from home, but could not avoid going into her workplace one day this week.

From Time

The disturbed congressional stenographer who went on a bizarre rant about Freemasons before being removed from the House chamber.

Why the House Stenographer Snapped by Michael Daly Remember Dianne Riedy?

Instead, it ended with a stenographer screaming about the freemasons.

He taught himself to write by serving as phantom stenographer to the literary he-man.

At the invitation of the blonde stenographer at the desk, he squatted on a chair and lighted a cigarette.

You wouldn't think it to look at me, but I'm head stenographer in the general super's office.

As soon as I came in, he fired his kid stenographer on some errand or other, and made me sit down and tell him all I knew.

He didn't know where to look for the blue-print, but just then his boy stenographer came back and found it for us.

It was now very close to the time when I must summon a cab and drive to the ferry; and yet I was still shy one stenographer.

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