0 someone who types and does shorthand as the main part of their job
1 someone who types letters, documents, etc. and does shorthand as the main part of their job:
For instance, it is no good cutting out the shorthand typist, who saves time.
The rent officer is employed on a part-time basis and is assisted by one shorthand typist.
A shorthand typist can get married, raise a family, and then have to come back to the world of word processors and computer technology.
She is a secretary and not just a shorthand typist.
One paid shorthand typist is also employed in most counties and, in a few of the large counties, either one or two paid shorthand typists.
Employers do not want a trained shorthand typist or a trained tool-setter to emerge from the education system at 18.
A private secretary in the civil service told me that some men still think that she is a shorthand typist.
They were rushed into an office where the procurator fiscal, assisted by a shorthand typist, typed out the evidence as it was being taken.
