Stenographer
[stə'nɒɡrəfə] or [stə'nɑɡrəfɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation).
Checker: Sinclair--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
Editor: Murdoch
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stenographist.
Checker: Raffles
Examples
- The coin operated, or nickel-in-the-slot machine, finds a popular demand, while its utilitarian use as an amanuensis, or stenographer, is as yet a subordinate one. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Letter writing and all kinds of dictation without the aid of a stenographer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its essential use as then contemplated was as a substitute for stenographers, and the most extravagant fancies were indulged in as to utility in that field. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Rosalind