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court reporter

American  

noun

  1. a stenographer employed to record and transcribe an official verbatim record of the legal proceedings of a court.


Etymology

Origin of court reporter

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

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The jury also heard audio of Judge Dugan telling her court reporter, “I’ll get the heat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Shanna Gray, also a working county court reporter and the association’s vice president, noted that state lawmakers have already rejected proposed legislation that would have made similar changes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

“Court is not normally like this—this is a TV trial,” one veteran court reporter said to me Thursday morning, during a 15-minute break in cross-examination.

From Slate • May 9, 2024

“But having a court reporter in the room and requiring everything to be tagged could scare them off.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 28, 2023

The term was so new that the New Orleans court reporter wasn’t sure how to write it out.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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