typistn.
/ˈtʌɪpɪst/, U.S. /ˈtaɪpᵻst/ 1. One who uses type; a printer, a compositor. In quot. 1843 attributive. rare.
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compositor1569
composer1634
setter1648
galley slave1683
typo1816
type-sticker1842
typist1843
setter-up1853
case man1855
typesetter1867
comp1870
compositress1885
1843 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 5 Dec. (1884) III. 13 Some of them are probably typist errors.
2. One who does typewriting; = typewriter n. 2.
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writer1883
typewriter1884
typist1885
typiste1923
dactylographer1926
1885 Frewen in Pall Mall Gaz. 5 May 6/2 The feelings with which a ‘typist’ contemplates the clumsy goose quill.
1885 Frewen in Pall Mall Gaz. 9 May 2 If they are quick writers, the typists earn more than the sum mentioned.
1890 Daily News 24 Feb. 5/6 The Society of Typists announces a meeting at Exeter Hall on March 17 for the examination of ‘type writer operators’.
1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl ii I was a sort of private secretary and confidential typist to the proprietor of the Daily Hustler.
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