typist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English type Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English typist From type + -ist.
Meanings
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A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
During that Sunday 42 typists in the Traffic Manager's office at Glasgow were working long hours to produce the staff duty diagrams and new timesheets for the improvised Airdrie-Helensburgh and Coatbridge-Balloch services; ...
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 131:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| typists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nontypist · touch-typist · copy typist · shorthand typist · audio-typist
Relateds
data entry · stenographer · clerk
Translations (67)
ru машини́стка (person who types) · de Tippfräulein (person who types) · pl maszynistka (person who types) · de Maschinschreiberin (person who types) · vo jiklavan (person who types) · ro dactilograf (person who types) · es dactilógrafa (person who types) · de Schreibmaschinist (person who types) · izh mašinistka (person who types) · hu gépírónő (person who types) · de Tippse (person who types) · es tipeador (person who types) · sh дактилограф (person who types) · nb maskinskriver (person who types) · de Dactylo (person who types) · mi kaipatopato (person who types) · mk дактилогра́ф (person who types) · nl typiste (person who types) · es mecanógrafa (person who types) · tr daktilograf (person who types) · ro dactilografă (person who types) · hu gépíró (person who types) · fr dactylographe (person who types) · nn maskinskrivar (person who types) · ko 타자수 (person who types) · mk дактилогра́фка (person who types) · vo hiklavan (person who types) · es mecanógrafo (person who types) · de Schreibdame (person who types) · el δακτυλογράφος (person who types) · ga clóscríobhaí (person who types) · de Tippmamsell (person who types) · sh daktilograf (person who types) · nb maskinskriverske (person who types) · de Maschinenschreiber (person who types) · eo tajpisto (person who types) · de Schreibkraft (person who types) · de Maschinenschreiberin (person who types) · sh daktilografkinja (person who types) · pt datilógrafo (person who types) · it dattilografa (person who types) · es tipiador (person who types) · eo tajpistino (person who types) · cmn 打字員 /打字员 (person who types) · da maskinskriverske (person who types) · es dactilógrafo (person who types) · ko 타이피스트 (person who types) · fr dactylo (person who types) · es taipista (person who types) · de Tippmädchen (person who types) · ja タイピスト (person who types) · da maskinskriver (person who types) · de Schreibmaschinistin (person who types) · vo klavan (person who types) · sv maskinskrivare (person who types) · sv maskinskriverska (person who types) · sv skrivmaskinist (person who types) · cy teipydd (person who types) · cy teipyddes (person who types) · sh дактилографкиња (person who types) · fi konekirjoittaja (person who types) · pt dactilógrafo (person who types) · gu ટંકલેખક (person who types) · nl typist (person who types) · de Maschinschreiber (person who types) · it dattilografo (person who types) · gd clò-sgrìobhaiche (person who types)