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TYPIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does typist mean?
• TYPIST (noun)
The noun TYPIST has 1 sense:
1. someone paid to operate a typewriter
Familiarity information: TYPIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone paid to operate a typewriter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("typist" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "typist"):
touch-typist (a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard)
Derivation:
type (write by means of a keyboard with types)
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