"dictater" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From dictate + -er.",
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          "ref": "1904 October, Charles G. Mutzenbergh, “The Stenographer”, in The Phonographic Magazine and National Shorthand Reporter",
          "text": "The dictater frequently misreads or mistalks a word. If the error is plain, and leaves no room for doubt that it is an error, don't copy that error.",
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          "ref": "1910, Jerome Bird Howard, The Phonographic Amanuensis, page 210",
          "text": "When, however, in any particular case, he has no assured means of determining the true spelling of the name, he should always quietly interrupt the dictater with the request, \" Spell it , please,\" and then write the name in longhand from the dictater's spelling.",
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          "ref": "1972, Carl Heyel, Handbook of Modern Office Management and Administrative Services, pages 4-28",
          "text": "On the other hand, an embossed system involves less of the dictater's time (which is presumably more expensive) than of the secretary's time.",
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        "One who dictates; one who gives dictation."
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        "One who dictates; one who gives dictation."
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