Meanings
nountypist (plural typists)
plural typists
- A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
During that Sunday 42 typists in the Traffic Manager's office at Glasgow were working long hours to produce the staff duty diagrams and new timesheets for the improvised Airdrie-Helensburgh and Coatbridge-Balloch services; ...
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
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Chinese Mandarin 打字員 /打字员
- 打字員 /打字员 (dǎzìyuán)person who types
Danish maskinskriver, maskinskriverske
- maskinskriverperson who types
- maskinskriverskeperson who types
Dutch typist, typiste
- typistperson who types
- typisteperson who types
Esperanto tajpisto, tajpistino
- tajpistoperson who types
- tajpistinoperson who types
Finnish konekirjoittaja
- konekirjoittajaperson who types
French dactylo, dactylographe
- dactyloperson who types
- dactylographeperson who types
German Maschinenschreiber, Maschinschreiber
- Maschinenschreiberperson who types
- Maschinschreiberperson who types
- Schreibkraftperson who types
- Maschinenschreiberinperson who types
- Maschinschreiberinperson who types
- Tippseperson who types
- Schreibdameperson who types
- Tippfräuleinperson who types
- Tippmädchenperson who types
- Tippmamsellperson who types
- Dactyloperson who types
- Schreibmaschinistperson who types
Greek δακτυλογράφος
- δακτυλογράφος (daktylográfos)person who types
Hungarian gépíró, gépírónő
- gépíróperson who types
- gépírónőperson who types
Irish clóscríobhaí
- clóscríobhaíperson who types
Italian dattilografo, dattilografa
- dattilografoperson who types
- dattilografaperson who types
Japanese タイピスト
- タイピスト (taipisuto)person who types
Korean 타이피스트, 타자수
- 타이피스트 (taipiseuteu)person who types
- 타자수 (tajasu)person who types
Māori kaipatopato
- kaipatopatoperson who types
Norwegian Bokmål maskinskriver, maskinskriverske
- maskinskriverperson who types
- maskinskriverskeperson who types
Polish maszynistka
- maszynistkaperson who types
Portuguese dactilógrafo, datilógrafo
- dactilógrafoperson who types
- datilógrafoperson who types
Romanian dactilograf, dactilografă
- dactilografperson who types
- dactilografăperson who types
Russian машини́стка
- машини́стка (mašinístka)person who types
Scottish Gaelic clò-sgrìobhaiche
- clò-sgrìobhaicheperson who types
Spanish mecanógrafo, mecanógrafa
- mecanógrafoperson who types
- mecanógrafaperson who types
- dactilógrafoperson who types
- dactilógrafaperson who types
- taipistaperson who types
- tipiadorperson who types
- tipeadorperson who types
Swedish maskinskrivare, maskinskriverska
- maskinskrivareperson who types
- maskinskriverskaperson who types
- skrivmaskinistperson who types
Turkish daktilograf
- daktilografperson who types
Welsh teipydd, teipyddes
- teipyddperson who types
- teipyddesperson who types
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Cite this entry
APA
typist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typist
MLA
“typist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typist.
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