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单词 platemaker
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platemakern.

Brit. /ˈpleɪtmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpleɪtˌmeɪkər/
Forms: see plate n. and maker n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plate n., maker n.
Etymology: < plate n. + maker n. With sense 1 compare Middle Low German plātemāker , plātenmāker , plātemēker , plātenmēker (frequently as surname), early modern German plattenmacher (1419 or earlier), plattenmecher (1466 or earlier; German Plattenmacher ). With sense 2 compare earlier platerer n.Attested earliest as surname.
1. A person who makes plate armour. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes armour
platemaker1297
mail maker1311
plateman1435
linen-armourer1603
1297 in W. P. W. Phillimore Placita Coram Rege (1898) 143 (MED) Johannem le Platemaker.
1339 in G. Otto Handwerkernamen in Mittelengl. (1938) 31 (MED) Platemakere.
1358 in M. C. B. Dawes Reg. Black Prince (1933) IV. 247 (MED) [Given to Sir James Dandele and Sir John Chandos..two pairs of plates, by delivery of Master Richard,] Platemaker.
1416 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 224 (MED) Henr. Pierson, platemaker.
2. A person who or machine which makes plates (in various senses of the noun).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles
anchorsmith1296
paliser1315
sheather1379
buckler-maker1415
barrow-maker1468
chess-maker1481
belt maker1483
leg-makera1500
reel-makera1500
card maker1511
lattice-maker1550
pale cleaver1578
bead-maker1580
boss-maker1580
balloonier1598
bilbo-smith1632
block-makera1687
pen-makera1703
pipe-maker1766
platemaker1772
stickman1786
safe maker?1789
matchmaker1833
chipmaker1836
labelmaker1844
bandagist1859
hurdler1874
moon cutter1883
tie-maker1901
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > photographic plate maker
platemaker1889
1772 J. Wedgwood Let. 22 July in Sel. Lett. (1965) 127 I have ordered another sett of plate makers to work, and will if possible have a sufficient stock of those every day Articles.
1863 1st Rep. Children's Employment Comm. 3 in Parl. Papers XVIII. 1 Flat pressers... It includes dishmakers, platemakers, saucermakers, and cup and bowl makers.
1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 182 A plate-maker issuing developing formulæ for his plates.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 14/2 The plate-maker..is constantly increasing the sensitiveness of his wares.
1944 G. E. Sen Voiceless India (rev. ed.) 303 Leaf gatherers, and plate makers, sawyers, basket and mat makers, were all represented by separate castes.
1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset vi. 64 After the exposure and re-alignment of the image, the plate-maker must carefully mask out portions not to be exposed.
1984 L. W. Wallis Electronic Typesetting iii. 106 A raster image processor must be handy to drive the laser platemaker.
3. Printing. A person who prepares plates for printing; (also) a person who casts plates for engraving.
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society > communication > printing > type founding > type-founder > [noun] > maker of plates
stereotyper1818
platemaker1904
1904 Athenæum 21 May 645/1 We feel pleasure in congratulating..the publisher and the editors, and including the printers, plate-makers, and binders.
1930 Mod. Lang. Notes 45 473 If the inking is light in parts of the original, symbols perfectly visible there simply will not reproduce in facsimile without interminable effort on the part of the photographer and the plate-maker.
1985 ELH 52 850 The relatively heavy inking..may have been prompted by the need to mask the platemaker's mark embossed into the plate just to the left of the central figure's head.
2004 Printing News (Nexis) 3 May 9 Many of us harken back to the 1980s, when the industry was comprised of not only printers, but also a plethora of various trade shops, including typographers, platemakers, and color specialists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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