one who is skilled in the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write in short-hand. See Ry-nerson v. Allison, 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 656; In re Appropriations for Deputy State of-flcers, 25 Neb. 662, 41 N. W. 643; Chase v. Vandergrift, 88 Pa. 217
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)