typist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of typist
1835–45 for earlier sense “typesetter”; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist
Example Sentences
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When did I become such a terrible iPhone typist?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
She left school at 15 to work as a typist and copytaker on the Yorkshire Evening Post, and got her first stories into the newspaper’s pages by surreptitiously slipping them into the sub-editor’s tray.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
It took the city 377 business days to approve a list of candidates for a clerk typist position and 362 calendar days for a position at the Long Beach port, he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
“I remember my days as a waiter, cleaner, typist, even my time on the unemployment line,” Ms. Streep said in a statement.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2023
He could not be seen or touched or spoken to, and the room where they had spent so many hours had been rented to a girl who worked as a typist.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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