typist
noun
typ·ist
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Definition of typist
: a person who types especially as a job
Examples of typist in a Sentence
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When Lee’s lawyer father gave her a typewriter, the aspiring writers would take turns being typists, Vig says. — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, "New play explores friendship between Truman Capote, Harper Lee," 27 Aug. 2019 Whitey’s father was disabled, having lost an arm in a railway accident, his mother a homemaker who at one point worked as a clerk typist at the Registry of Motor Vehicles. — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, "Jeffrey Epstein and ‘Whitey’ Bulger: A tale of two sociopaths," 15 Aug. 2019 Staff will return at a later date with recommendations for a live typist — which would carry an estimated cost of between $10,000 and $20,000 per year. — Daily Pilot, "Laguna Beach school board plans to resume streaming meetings using new accessibility technology, resources," 15 Aug. 2019 The arrival of the computer, for example, wiped out millions of positions as secretaries and typists. — Melia Russell, SFChronicle.com, "Robots kill jobs. Will the Bay Area be better off for it?," 11 July 2019 His wife at the time, Caroline Conran, the home editor of Queen magazine, hired Ms. Hogg as a typist. — New York Times, "Min Hogg, World of Interiors Editor, Dies at 80," 28 June 2019 For years it was printed on a mimeograph machine, and her typist was Everybody Loves Raymond’s Doris Roberts. — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, "Ruth Finley, Keeper of New York Fashion Week’s Pink-Sheeted Calendar, Has Died," 27 Aug. 2018 Not only that, the speech-recognition engine made fewer errors than the typists. — David Pierce, WSJ, "The QWERTY Days Are Almost Over," 30 Sep. 2018 Like Edward Dolman at Christie's, Ruprecht was a lifer who had ascended from the bottom of the auction house (in his case, a summer job as a typist). — Vicky Ward, Town & Country, "Buyer's Remorse: Inside the Art World's Billion-Dollar Rivalry," 4 Mar. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'typist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for typist
typist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of typist
: a person who uses a typewriter or a computer keyboard
: a person who works in an office and whose main job is typing letters, memos, etc.
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typist
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typ·ist
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Kids Definition of typist
: a person who uses a typewriter