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typists

Syllables: typ·ists/ˈtʌɪpɪsts/

typists is the plural of typist.

Meaning of typist

Noun

typist (plural typists)

  1. A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
    • During that Sunday 42 typists in the Traffic Manager's office at Glasgow were working long hours to produce the staff duty diagrams and new timesheets for the improvised Airdrie-Helensburgh and Coatbridge-Balloch services; ...1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 131

Phrases with typists

Questions about typists

What is typists the plural of?
Typists is the plural of typist.
How do you pronounce typists?
Typists is pronounced /ˈtʌɪpɪsts/.

Words near typists in the dictionary

  1. typing up
  2. typings
  3. typist
  4. typiste
  5. typistes
  6. typists
  7. typo
  8. typo'd
  9. typo-
  10. typo.
  11. typochronological

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