Stenographer

Noun

 * 1) someone skilled in the transcription of speech (for example, a secretary who takes dictation)

Synonyms

 * shorthand typist

Related terms

 * stenography
 * steno
 * steno pad
 * steno pool

Thesaurus
accountant, amanuensis, archivist, bookkeeper, brachygrapher, clerk, documentalist, engraver, filing clerk, librarian, marker, notary, notary public, phonographer, prothonotary, record clerk, recorder, recordist, register, registrar, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, secretary, stonecutter, tachygrapher, timekeeper

Etymology
from Greek στενός stenos "narrow" + graph- "to write" + English agentive -er

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pikakirjoittaja
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: קצרן, קצרנית
 * Russian: стенограф, стенографистка