- a person who types, esp for a living
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typ•ist
(tī′pist),USA pronunciation n.
- a person who operates a typewriter.
- 1835–45 for earlier sense "typesetter''; 1880–85 for current sense; type + -ist
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typist /ˈtaɪpɪst/ n
'typist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
audiotypist
- copy typist
- -ist
- shorthand
- shorthand typist
- stenographer
- accurate
- careful
- careless
- classified
- manual
- pool
- teletypist
- typewriter
- worst
- self-taught