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tachygraphers

tachygraphers is the plural of tachygrapher.

Meaning of tachygrapher

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

Questions about tachygraphers

What is tachygraphers the plural of?
Tachygraphers is the plural of tachygrapher.

Words near tachygraphers in the dictionary

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

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