noun
- people who practice phonography, especially shorthand writing or sound recording
Usage: historical; technical
Examples
- The court employed several phonographers to record the proceedings.
- Early phonographers used special symbols to capture speech quickly.
- Professional phonographers were essential before modern recording technology.
- The stenography school trained skilled phonographers for business use.
- Phonographers in the 19th century developed various shorthand systems.
- Legal phonographers transcribed testimony with remarkable accuracy.