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
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
Many people probably stick to keyboards and trackpads when using their laptops, but if you’re an avid artist or note-taker, consider a laptop with a touch screen and a stylus.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
Whatever his distortions and misjudgments, Bolton is a famously fastidious note-taker.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2020
Assuredly the young naturalist's theoretical and practical scientific training had gone no further than might suffice for the outfit of an intelligent collector and note-taker.
From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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
Because he avoids electronic devices, oftentimes bans note-takers, and tells his aides little, there is a limit to how much an intelligence agency can learn about his intentions and thinking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
When speechwriters aren’t portrayed as puppet-masters, they’re seen as note-takers — transcribers — who record and then polish what the speaker provides.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2016
Two of them, with about a dozen portfolio-bearers and note-takers.
From A Slave is a Slave by Piper, H. Beam
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