serigraphern.
/sᵻˈrɪɡrəfə/, U.S. /səˈrɪɡrəfər/ Printmaking (originally and chiefly North American).
An artist who practises serigraphy; a screen printer.
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screen printer1933
silkscreener1937
serigrapher1944
1944 Canad. Art Oct. 8/2 Only the most experienced serigrapher can do this without the danger of muddling up his original artistic conception.
1946 H. Shokler Artists Man. Silk Screen Print Making i. 25 Paper is to the serigrapher what canvas is to the painter.
1970 M. V. Schwalbach & J. A. Schwalbach Silk-screen Printing for Artists (1980) vii. 106/2 Most serigraphers use only one screen. When the first color is printed, the screen resist is removed and a new one is added.
2005 A. Stromquist Simple Screenprinting 38 Many serigraphers work in this spontaneous fashion, but mistakes can be difficult to correct.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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