stenographer
noun
ste·nog·ra·pher stə-ˈnä-grə-fər 
1
: a writer of shorthand
2
: a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Another stenographer was aptly named Tessie Finger and partnered to a secretary whose name was the delightfully alliterative, pleasure-proclaiming Lee Lustgarden. 
WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 Clarke had worked as a stenographer for the Health Ministry. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022 In a video posted to its YouTube page on Monday, stenographer Judy Bellinger told Law&Crime Network that a few jurors struggled to stay awake, particularly during the video depositions. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 June 2022 In other insight from the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom where the trial took place, the court stenographer who covered the trial said that some of the jurors struggled to stay awake during the entire six-week trial. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022 Some of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial fell asleep during the proceedings, the court stenographer has revealed. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 June 2022 Her orphaned grandmother worked as a stenographer for a similar institution, also in Pennsylvania. Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 As lawmakers agreed to the deals, the dictograph carried their conversation to the room next door, where a stenographer wrote it all down. Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022 To make sure that didn’t happen again, the Tribune sent a stenographer along when Lincoln debated Steven Douglas during their 1858 race for the U.S. Senate. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022 See More
WIRED, 25 Aug. 2022 Clarke had worked as a stenographer for the Health Ministry. Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022 In a video posted to its YouTube page on Monday, stenographer Judy Bellinger told Law&Crime Network that a few jurors struggled to stay awake, particularly during the video depositions. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 June 2022 In other insight from the Fairfax, Virginia courtroom where the trial took place, the court stenographer who covered the trial said that some of the jurors struggled to stay awake during the entire six-week trial. Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022 Some of the jurors in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial fell asleep during the proceedings, the court stenographer has revealed. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 7 June 2022 Her orphaned grandmother worked as a stenographer for a similar institution, also in Pennsylvania. Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022 As lawmakers agreed to the deals, the dictograph carried their conversation to the room next door, where a stenographer wrote it all down. Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 21 Apr. 2022 To make sure that didn’t happen again, the Tribune sent a stenographer along when Lincoln debated Steven Douglas during their 1858 race for the U.S. Senate. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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