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typist

American  
[tahy-pist] / ˈtaɪ pɪst /

noun

  1. a person who operates a typewriter.

typist British  
/ ˈtaɪpɪst /

noun

  1. a person who types, esp for a living

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Etymology

Origin of typist

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

Example Sentences

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But jobs that entailed doing more routine cognitive work such as typists and back-office bookkeepers—roles that had once promised a solid path to the middle class—were no longer so vital.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m the twenty-fourth speediest typist in the class.”

From Literature

It’s for any typist in your life, especially millennials nostalgic for the see-through gadgets.

From The Wall Street Journal

But she found a job as a typist at Radio Tokyo, which enlisted POWs in its propaganda division and recruited her in late 1943 as a disc jockey.

From Los Angeles Times

Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.

From The Wall Street Journal

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