[f. TYPE sb.1 + -IST.]
1. One who uses type; a printer, a compositor. In quot. attrib. rare–1.
1843. J. W. Croker, in C. Papers, 5 Dec. (1884), III. 13. Some of them are probably typist errors.
2. One who does typewriting; = TYPEWRITER 2.
1835. Frewen in Pall Mall G., 5 May, 6/2. The feelings with which a ‘typist’ contemplates the clumsy goose quill. Ibid., 9 May, 2. If they are quick writers, the typists earn more than the sum mentioned.
1890. Daily News, 24 Feb., 5/6. The Society of Typists announces a meeting at Exeter Hall on March 17 for the examination of ‘type writer operators.’
1902. Eliz. L. Banks, Newspaper Girl, ii. I was a sort of private secretary and confidential typist to the proprietor of the Daily Hustler.
