1. a person whose job is to write down spoken words quickly using shorthand or a machine

Examples

• The stenographer recorded every word spoken during the trial.
• She worked as a stenographer in the courthouse for twenty years.
• The meeting stenographer typed at incredible speed.
• Court stenographers must be highly accurate in their transcriptions.
• He hired a stenographer to take notes during the important business meeting.
• The stenographer used a special machine to capture the dialogue.