photo-etchern.
/ˈfəʊtəʊˌɛtʃə/, U.S. /ˈfoʊdoʊˌɛtʃər/ A person who photo-etches; a printer or platemaker who specializes in photo-etching.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > photomechanical or process printing > [noun] > photogravure or phototypography > print-maker
phototypist1854
photograver1888
photo-etcher1889
photogravurist1889
1889 Year Bk. Photogr. 158 One difficulty which photo-etchers have to contend against in the City is the vibration caused by the incessant traffic.
1970 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 22 Apr. 24/5 Kind is a photo etcher at the Commercial Engraving Co.
1996 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 16 Mar. a23 The work of the photo-etcher back in the print shop was almost as important as that of the photographer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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