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shorthand typist

 
 
noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE

Definition

someone who types letters, documents, etc. and does shorthand as the main part of their job: She started her working life as a shorthand typist. → Compare stenographer
(Definition of shorthand typist noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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