typewriter
noun
type·writ·er ˈtīp-ˌrī-tər 
1
: a machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper
2
: typist
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web By the turn of the 20th century, the typewriter had become sufficiently established to prompt the first widespread declarations of the obsolescence of handwriting. 
Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 As teenagers, June and Jennifer (now played by Wright and Lawrance) buy a typewriter and set out to become professional authors. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 But more on that in a bit — after some more typewriter biology. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 The first commercially practical typewriter was co-invented by a Wisconsin newspaper publisher who had recently served in the state senate. David Owen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 The computer, the IBM typewriter just types them one at a time. Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 Among the investors: New York industrialists Lyman C. Smith and son Burns Smith, of Smith Corona typewriter fame, who commissioned a new skyscraper for the city. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 30 June 2022 There’s also, as Swift fans have come to expect, an Easter egg in the form of a red typewriter that first appears in a quick pan when viewers meet O’Brien’s character. Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2022 Inspired by old bar stools, fine-aged liquor, and cracked cigar boxes, Replica Jazz Club expresses its namesake all the way down to the typewriter font on cotton label pasted proudly to the front of the bottle. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022 See More
Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 As teenagers, June and Jennifer (now played by Wright and Lawrance) buy a typewriter and set out to become professional authors. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022 But more on that in a bit — after some more typewriter biology. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 The first commercially practical typewriter was co-invented by a Wisconsin newspaper publisher who had recently served in the state senate. David Owen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 The computer, the IBM typewriter just types them one at a time. Audra J. Wolfe, The New Republic, 30 June 2022 Among the investors: New York industrialists Lyman C. Smith and son Burns Smith, of Smith Corona typewriter fame, who commissioned a new skyscraper for the city. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 30 June 2022 There’s also, as Swift fans have come to expect, an Easter egg in the form of a red typewriter that first appears in a quick pan when viewers meet O’Brien’s character. Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2022 Inspired by old bar stools, fine-aged liquor, and cracked cigar boxes, Replica Jazz Club expresses its namesake all the way down to the typewriter font on cotton label pasted proudly to the front of the bottle. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
typewriter
noun
type·writ·er ˈtīp-ˌrī-tər
: a machine that prints letters or figures when a person pushes its keys down