typist
(ˈtaɪpɪst)
[f. type n.1 + -ist.]
1. One who uses type; a printer, a compositor. In quot. attrib. rare—1.
| 1843 J. W. Croker in C. Papers 5 Dec. (1884) III. 13 Some of them are probably typist errors. |
2. One who does typewriting; = typewriter 2.
| 1885 Frewen in Pall Mall G. 5 May 6/2 The feelings with which a ‘typist’ contemplates the clumsy goose quill. Ibid. 9 May 2 If they are quick writers, the typists earn more than the sum mentioned. 1890 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/6 The Society of Typists announces a meeting at Exeter Hall on March 17 for the examination of ‘type writer operators’. 1902 E. Banks Newspaper Girl ii, I was a sort of private secretary and confidential typist to the proprietor of the Daily Hustler. |