transcribern.
/trɑːnˈskrʌɪbə/, /tranˈskrʌɪbə/, U.S. /træn(t)ˈskraɪbər/ 1. One who transcribes; a copyist or copier, as distinct from an original writer.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > copyist
librarya1382
scribe1535
exemplifier1552
stationer1576
copier1597
transcriber1610
transcriptor1617
copy-clerk1623
exscribera1631
bibliographer1656
calligrapher1662
librarian1670
copist1682
copyist1699
calligraph1801
copiator1811
calligraphist1816
copying clerk1836
chirographer1848
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. (1637) The carelesse negligence of transcribers.
1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria Pref. sig. ¶ I..who have no commission to be an Authour, but a Transcriber.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 21/1 The dull transcribers of printed sermons.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 348 Spurious writings..ascribed by ignorant transcribers to some ancient sage.
2. An item of office equipment on which dictation cannot be recorded, but which replays dictated matter for transcription by an (audio) typist.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > sound recording or reproducing equipment > [noun]
talking machine1844
recorder1867
phonograph1877
dictating machine1878
melograph1879
melodiographa1884
graphophone1886
photographophone1901
auxetophone1904
Dictaphone1906
telediphone1931
transcriber1931
wire recorder1934
sound truck1936
high fidelity1938
Soundscriber1946
player1948
rig1950
transcriptor1957
unit1966
sequencer1975
boom box1981
ghetto blaster1983
beat-box1985
1931 Times 16 Mar. 1/6 All-electric Dictaphone with Shaver and Transcriber: good condition.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 3 Nov. (advt.) Duties will include shorthand or use of transcriber, typing, correspondence, filing, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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