note-taker
Americannoun
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a person who makes notes about what is being said in a lecture, meeting, podcast, etc., or about what they are reading.
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a device that does this for a person.
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I used to groan when it was my turn to be the meeting note-taker in a previous job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
For me, the worst note-taker and -tracker in the world, the thought of uploading all my research/outlines/drafts/screenshots/citations, across myriad platforms and devices, into an all-powerful app that will quickly sort through and organize them?
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2023
The interview wasn't recorded or filmed, there was nothing more than a note-taker present, and neither man was under oath, the report explained.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
A careful note-taker, Taylor kept logs of his discussions with other diplomats last summer, as his concern grew over what he saw as a hijacking of U.S. policy toward a vulnerable ally.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2019
Otherwise there is a big table and a lot of chairs and a small projection box in front of each with a note-taker beside.
From The Lost Kafoozalum by Ashwell, Pauline
Nonetheless, at the CES show in Las Vegas, gadget makers have pitched AI pendants as note-takers or ways to remember beautiful or important moments of each day.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
According to The Indian Express newspaper, no interpreters or note-takers were around when the two leaders spoke to each other.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023
Unusually, the meetings were mostly one-on-one, without aides or note-takers, two former Ethiopian officials said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Usually, a National Security Council staffer sits in, if just to take notes, but there weren’t even any note-takers at this one.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2017
The late Bishop Fraser is said to have jocularly declared that there was no heresy that had not been attributed to him by the slips of note-takers and condensers.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
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