stenographer

American  

[stuh-nog-ruh-fer] / stəˈnɒg rə fər /

Or stenographist

noun

1. a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.

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stenographer British  

/ stəˈnɒɡrəfə /

noun

1. 1. Brit equivalent: shorthand typist.  a person skilled in the use of shorthand and in typing

   2. a peson with these skills whose job it is to record verbatim everything that is said during a court case

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Etymology

Origin of stenographer

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; stenograph + -er ¹

Example Sentences

We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” the correspondent wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” Alfonsi wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Panic of 1893 was followed by a boom in corporations and their demand for what we now call white-collar office workers, such as stenographers and bookkeepers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Then I started writing. I got my big stack of index cards and sorted through them, and there the characters were. There were their stories. I was basically a stenographer.”

From Los Angeles Times

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