Definition of Stenographer

1. Noun. Someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation).

Exact synonyms: Amanuensis, Shorthand Typist
Generic synonyms: Secretarial Assistant, Secretary
Derivative terms: Stenography, Stenography

Definition of Stenographer

1. n. One who is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.

Definition of Stenographer

1. Noun. someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stenographer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenographer

steno-
steno pad
stenobath
stenobathic
stenobaths
stenocardia
stenodactylin
stenoderm
stenodermine
stenoderms
stenog
stenogastrine
stenogastrines
stenograph
stenographed
stenographer (current term)
stenographers
stenographic
stenographical
stenographies
stenographing
stenographist
stenographists
stenographs
stenography
stenogs
stenokies
stenokous
stenoky

Literary usage of Stenographer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"ment.1 Where the rate of compensation at which an official stenographer is bound ... 194, in which it was said that this mode of fixing the stenographer's ..."

2. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1857)
"Faction and part}- have been mentioned : happy stenographer, if ho can keep clear of these ! If ho fall into their power, insensibly he will represent one ..."

3. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"292, 43 NW 194 (report of stenographer appointed hv justice of [leace, ... 356, 359, 60 NW 585 (official stenographer's report of proceedings at a trial, ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The stenographer is a new officer, unknown until lately in our judicial history. ... The mere statement of the stenographer, without the sanction and ..."

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