typewriter

[tahyp-rahy-ter]

noun

1. a machine for writing mechanically in letters and characters like those produced by printers' types.

2. Printing.,  a type style that gives the appearance of typewritten copy.

3. Older Use.,  a typist.

typewriter

/ ˈtaɪpˌraɪtə /

noun

1. a keyboard machine for writing mechanically in characters resembling print. It may be operated entirely by hand ( manual typewriter ) or be powered by electricity ( electric typewriter )

2. printing a style of type resembling typescript

Word History and Origins

Origin of typewriter¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; type + writer

Example Sentences

Either way, the typewriter eventually became known as “the machine that liberated the American woman.”

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They saved paintings, pottery, sculptures, Native American rugs, and the typewriter that Rogers used to compose his newspaper columns.

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I discovered “Murder, She Wrote” and immediately fell in love with her character as I watched her confidently write on her typewriter in the opening credits.

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The finale, at London's Royal Albert Hall, also starred comedian Bill Bailey, who played Leroy Anderson's 1950 classic The Typewriter on… well, a typewriter.

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The typewriter was invented for a blind woman to write letters in privacy.

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