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tachygrapher

tachygrapher noun: one who writes in tachygraphy or shorthand, especially in ancient times.

Noun

tachygrapher (plural tachygraphers)

  1. (historical) One who writes in tachygraphy or shorthand, especially in ancient times.
    • As a rule Julian dictated to secretaries, and so fast that Libanius says the "tachygraphers" were unable to keep pace with him, but certain postscripts are marked "with his own hand."1913, Flavius Claudius Iulianus, “Letters of Julian”, in Emily Wilmer Cave Wright, transl., The Works of the Emperor Julian, volume III, Introduction to the letters

Forms of tachygrapher

pluraltachygraphers

Origin of tachygrapher

From tachygraphy + -er.

Questions about tachygrapher

What does tachygrapher mean?
Tachygrapher means one who writes in tachygraphy or shorthand, especially in ancient times.
What part of speech is tachygrapher?
Tachygrapher is a noun.
What is the plural of tachygrapher?
The plural of tachygrapher is tachygraphers.

Words near tachygrapher in the dictionary

  1. tachygastric
  2. tachyglossia
  3. tachyglossid
  4. tachyglossids
  5. tachygraph
  6. tachygrapher
  7. tachygraphers
  8. tachygraphic
  9. tachygraphical
  10. tachygraphically
  11. tachygraphist

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