typist

[ tahy-pist ]

/ ˈtaɪ pɪst /

a person who operates a typewriter.

Origin of typist

1835–45 for earlier sense “typesetter”; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist

typical, typicon, typify, typing, typing element, typist, typo, typo-, typo., typog., typographer

Taking a job as a typist at a factory, Laura soon finds an unlikely benefactor in her employer.

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When I could write longhand, I did that sometimes and then paid a typist.

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“When I started working at university, all people were thinking that I am a typist,” she says.

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"Put up yer camery, typist" says Flannagan, getting hold of his diplomacy.

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As for the intrigue with a typist, has Claudius Clear never heard of an intrigue with a typist before?

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She is a typist, and should be home by this time in the evening.

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A clerk said doubtfully: "Have you come about the typist's situation?"

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At such junctures it is an advantage if the typist happens to be a he, because you can tell him what you think of him.

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typist

/ (ˈtaɪpɪst) /

a person who types, esp for a living