Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in phonography; a writer of phonography, or phonetic shorthand.
- noun One who uses or who is skilled in the use of the phonograph.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One versed or skilled in phonography.
- noun One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, the phonograph. See
Phonograph , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A person skilled at
phonography .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Christopher DeLaurenti is a Seattle based composer, improvisor, and phonographer.
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Christopher DeLaurenti is a Seattle based composer, improvisor, and phonographer.
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I believe it could teach one to dictate literature to a phonographer -- and some time I will experiment in that line.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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I believe it could teach one to dictate literature to a phonographer -- and some time I will experiment in that line.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) Mark Twain 1872
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On our second visit, we found a justice of the peace in waiting to administer the necessary oath, and also a phonographer to write our testimony.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure William Pittenger 1872
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Summoning generals before them, and having a phonographer to record every word uttered, they would propound very comprehensive questions.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853
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He scolded and carped and criticised and caviled, told half truths and solid lies, and the august and astute Committee listened with open ears, and the phonographer dotted down every word.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853
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Now we are sure men will not do this from the fact that, before there was any fixed and settled orthography in our language, when therefore everybody was more or less a phonographer, seeking to write down the word as it sounded to _him_,
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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Ochre, a self-described Newcastle, England-based "phonographer, artist and mastering engineer," has apparently tweeted out a secret and revealed the existence of
G4 TV - TheFeed 2010
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Ochre, a self-described Newcastle, England-based "phonographer, artist and mastering engineer," has apparently tweeted out a secret and revealed the existence of
G4 TV - TheFeed 2010
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