Dictaphone

[dik-tuh-fohn]

Trademark.

a brand name for a dictating machine.

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Contemporary Examples of dictaphone

There, in his empty office, he tells his story to a Dictaphone (channeling Double Indemnity) of how he became “Devin Morehouse.”
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Historical Examples of dictaphone

There is almost sure to be a dictaphone somewhere in this room.
The Solar Magnet
Sterner St. Paul Meek
Another does expert work with the typewriter and dictaphone.
Five Lectures on Blindness
Kate M. Foley
He had discovered the cleverly concealed wires of the dictaphone.
Ted Marsh on an Important Mission
Elmer Sherwood
I wonder,” said Walker, “if they have, found the dictaphone as yet.
Ted Marsh on an Important Mission
Elmer Sherwood
Ted had heard of a dictaphone, but he had not yet learned its usefulness.
Ted Marsh on an Important Mission
Elmer Sherwood

British Dictionary definitions for dictaphone

Dictaphone

noun

trademark a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing

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Word Origin and History for dictaphone

Dictaphone

trademarked by the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1907; from dictation + -phone. A separate company from 1923.