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compositor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun compositor has 1 sense
- compositor(n = noun.person) setter, typesetter, typographer - one who sets written material into type; Array is a kind of pressman, printer
Derived form verb compose4
CIDE DICTIONARY
compositor, n. [L., an arranger.].
- One who composes or sets in order. [1913 Webster]
- One who sets type and arranges it for use. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
compositor, n. Printing a person who sets up type for printing.
Etymology
ME f. AF compositour f. L compositor (as COMPOSITE)
ROGET THESAURUS
compositor
Printing
N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.
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