typist

/ˈtaɪpɪst/

/ˈtaɪpɪst/

Other forms: typists

If you work as a typist in an office, you'll be typing up notes, reports, emails, or manuscripts. Nowadays, a typist typically uses a computer keyboard.

Once upon a time, typists did all their typing on typewriters, but that's extremely unusual in today's era of computers and printers. Starting around 1884, a typist was "a person who operates a typewriter," although earlier the word meant "compositer," or the person who arranges type in a printing press. Typist comes from type, which derives from the Greek root typos, "dent, impression, or mark."

Definitions of typist

1. noun

   someone paid to operate a typewriter
   types:

   touch-typist

   a skilled typist who can type a document without looking at the keyboard

   type of:

   employee

   a worker who is hired to perform a job