stenographer Hear it!

stenographer Definition

ste·nog·ra·pher (stə nägrə fər)

noun

a person skilled in stenography

stenographer Synonyms

stenographer

n.

stenographist, office worker, typist, shorthand stenographer; see clerk 2, secretary 2.

stenographer Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • record: All this being faithfully recorded by the stenographers and broadcast to the world.

Converse of object

  • hire: So he hired a stenographer - the star pupil from Russia's first school of shorthand dictation.
  • use: I had thought about the possibility of simply using a stenographer to transmit the phonetic symbols to the television screen.
  • have: Even the USS Enterprise doesn't have any stenographers on board.
  • need: Our records are incomplete - at times we would need a stenographer to keep full details on file.

Adjective modifier

  • skilled: The service uses highly skilled stenographers who transcribe the hearing or event, as it happens.
  • professional: However, professional stenographers command professional fees and remain in relatively short supply.
  • young: The even younger stenographer sat to his rear, ready to take down everything verbatim.
  • good: There's no such thing as a good establishment journalist, only good stenographers.

Browse dictionary entries near stenographer

  1. Stenograph
  2. stenobath
  3. steno-
  4. steno
  5. Stendhal
  6. stencil
  7. stench
  8. stemwinder
  9. stemware
  10. stemson
  1. stenography
  2. stenohaline
  3. stenohygric
  4. stenoky
  5. stenophagous
  6. stenosed
  7. stenosis
  8. stenotherm
  9. stenotopic
  10. stenotype