Printing. One whose business is to set up type to print from; a type-setter.
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| 释义 | society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor (30) compositor1569 Printing. One whose business is to set up type to print from; a type-setter. composer1634 One who sets up type, a compositor. Obsolete. setter1648 gen. One who sets something specified or contextually implied. Often as the second element of a compound, in which the first element denotes the… galley slave1683 Printing. (See quot. 1683) Obsolete. typo1816 A typographer, a printer; spec. a compositor. type-sticker1842 a compositor (slang). typist1843 One who uses type; a printer, a compositor. In quot. 1843 attributive. rare. setter-up1853 One who sets up (in any sense). case man1855 a compositor. typesetter1867 a compositor; also, a composing-machine. comp1870 Printing. = compositor, n. 3. compositress1885 A female compositor (in a printing office). Subcategories:— body of (4) — speedy (2) — temporary (4) — paid by the piece (1) — arranger in chase (4) — user of linotype (2) — for stop press news (1) |
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