typewritist

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noun

A typist, specifically one who uses a typewriter.

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Meanings

nountypewritist (plural typewritists)

plural typewritists

  1. obsoleteA typist, specifically one who uses a typewriter.

    What is a typewriter? It is a machine. Some people call the young lady who operates the machine, a typewriter. This is an error: she is a typewritist.

    1891, Edith Eaton, "The Typewriter", The National Stenographer, Harvard University, p. 215

Origin

From typewrite + -ist.

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APA

typewritist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewritist

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“typewritist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewritist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typewritist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewritist.

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