typist

noun

typ·​ist ˈtī-pist How to pronounce typist (audio)
: a person who types especially as a job

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After starting a family, David Winans worked various nonmusical jobs, including as a car salesman and barber, and Delores Winans was a typist and medical transcriptionist. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026 The membrane switches lack the precision and feedback that many gamers and heavy typists now expect. — Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 Subtitle and caption controls are now easier to access while watching content, and Apple says the update also improves keyboard accuracy for fast typists after users complained about frequent typing mistakes. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 12 May 2026 When intelligence itself becomes a commodity, optimizing for IQ is like training to be the fastest typist in an age of voice recognition. — Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for typist

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1885, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of typist was in 1885

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typist

noun
typ·​ist ˈtī-pəst How to pronounce typist (audio)
: a person who types especially as a job
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