Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who operates a typewriter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who uses a type-writer.
- noun One whose occupation is writing with a type-writer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person who operates a typewriting machine; a typewriter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who types, a
clerical worker whowrites letters , etc., using atypewriter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone paid to operate a typewriter
Etymologies
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Examples
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To me blogging, the pain as a newbie or semi-literate typist is you need to find a piece of "data" to blog about, dig into it's properties like the URL, cutnpaste a selection of text and/or other media, upload an image, remember to credit the whole trail of sources linking to the story (becomes like an Oscars speach)
The Glue Between RSS Readers + Blog Platforms Ben Barren 2006
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To me blogging, the pain as a newbie or semi-literate typist is you need to find a piece of "data" to blog about, dig into it's properties like the URL, cutnpaste a selection of text and/or other media, upload an image, remember to credit the whole trail of sources linking to the story (becomes like an Oscars speach)
Archive 2006-06-01 Ben Barren 2006
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Right now I make money irregularly by working on and off as a kind of typist, I suppose, from home.
the misogyny post (updated) N A 2008
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In all contexts except EVE, I've been using "typist," but I see how how "pilot" could apply just as well in any MMO.
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Julia Gillard aka Lady Macbeth has claimed she was just a part-time "typist" in her
LaborConnect 2010
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I'm not a woman, but I know the default place for them in the corporation was "typist" not long ago.
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Incidentally, the most cruel -- and, alas, often apt -- term of abuse that pianists hurl at those colleagues whose playing they dislike / disrespect is "typist": the kind of performer who, while sitting at the piano, sounds rather as if he / she is actually sitting at the
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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Incidentally, the most cruel -- and, alas, often apt -- term of abuse that pianists hurl at those colleagues whose playing they dislike / disrespect is "typist": the kind of performer who, while sitting at the piano, sounds rather as if he / she is actually sitting at the
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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Every novel is unique, because it makes its intentions known in its own way: at a certain point, it takes over and invents itself, and I'm just the typist.
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I write with a pen longhand, and periodically send chapters to my wonderful typist to type up for me.
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