typist
[tahy-pist]
- a person who operates a typewriter.
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Origin of typist
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Contemporary Examples of typist
Taking a job as a typist at a factory, Laura soon finds an unlikely benefactor in her employer.
When I could write longhand, I did that sometimes and then paid a typist.
“When I started working at university, all people were thinking that I am a typist,” she says.
Historical Examples of typist
I asked if she was a shop assistant, and with a toss of her head she told me she was a typist.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
I got a post as typist in a city office and I drifted to Shamrock House.
To LoveMargaret Peterson
That she was a high-bred lady his own senses had told him, whether she were a typist or no!
The Career of Katherine BushElinor Glyn
The typist looked down at them, and she couldnt help laughing.
Bliss, and Other StoriesKatherine Mansfield
Challis knew he could rely on the accuracy of this typist, at a pinch.
It Never Can Happen AgainWilliam De Morgan
typist
- a person who types, esp for a living
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