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English
Etymology
From tachygraphy + -er.
Noun
tachygrapher (plural tachygraphers)
- (historical) One who writes in tachygraphy or shorthand, especially in ancient times.
- Coordinate term: stenographer
1913, Flavius Claudius Iulianus, “Letters of Julian”, in Emily Wilmer Cave Wright, transl., The Works of the Emperor Julian, volume III, Introduction to the letters:As a rule Julian dictated to secretaries, and so fast that Libanius says the "tachygraphers" were unable to keep pace with him, but certain postscripts are marked "with his own hand."