sortern.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈsɔrdər/

Etymology: < sort v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. One who sorts, arranges, selects, or classifies; esp. a wool-sorter. Also transferred.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > one who sorts wool

sorter1554

wool-sorter1834

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > one who selects

culler1483

sorter1554

picker1778

selector1782

society > communication > printing > publishing > editing for publication > [noun] > editor

editionera1646

editor1646

undertaker1685

editoress1737

sorter1758

editress1775

rédacteur1785

redactor1793

literary editor1801

ed.1806

redacter1816

editrix1838

reworker1876

editor1881

rewrite1918

1554 Act 1 Mary c. 7 §1 Forcers of Wolles..and Sorters of Wolles.

1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes ii, in Wks. sig. Cc The tounge is assinde, of woordes to be sorter.

1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 488 It is plain More wrote it not—and..he says he was a sorter of that book.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 13 The shepherd, the sorter of the wool, the wool-comber or carder.

1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iii. 96 The fingers of the sorter acquire by practice an extraordinary degree of sensitiveness.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 339/2 Wool..is..divided into ‘sorts’ or qualities by experienced sorters or staplers.

b. spec. A letter-sorter.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post > mail sorter

sorter1699

letter sorter1714

bagman1924

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sorter, (at the Post Office) that puts or Digests the Letters into Order or Method.

1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. List Offices [in G.P.O.] 690 Sorters 16, of which 14 have 50l. per An. and the two last 40l.

1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 3 Others again..carry the letters for the general delivery to the tables of the sorters.

1895 Forum (U.S.) Oct. 196 A sorter at the post-office..may accidentally sort one letter of his own out of a million.

2. With adverbs, as out.

ΚΠ

c1599 Life T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1810) II. 169 I was onlie a sorter out and placer of principall matters in the same [book] contained.

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 65/3 Worsted Manufacture:..Sorter out, Spinner.

3. A machine that can sort punched cards into a prescribed order by means of a code punched on selected columns of the cards.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > punch card or tape > processing device

reproducer1885

sorter1917

interpreter1936

verifier1940

card reader1946

reader1946

tape reader1947

collator1949

tape reproducer1961

stacker1962

tabulator1970

1917 L. R. Dicksee Office Machinery ii. 16 Beyond all question, the most notable..Sorting Machine is the Hollerith Sorter.

1940 W. J. Eckert Punched Card Methods 10 The sorter automatically sorts the cards into groups according to the information punched in any chosen column of the cards. The cards to be sorted are placed in the hopper..and the sorted cards fall into the various receptacles.

1949 E. C. Berkeley Giant Brains iv. 47 The chief IBM punch-card machines are: the key punch, the verifier, the sorter, the interpreter, the reproducer, the collator, the multiplying punch, the calculating punch, and the tabulator.

1956 G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines viii. 146 The second basic piece of equipment is the sorter... A pack of punched cards can be fed into this machine and each card will be automatically examined in turn.

1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing iv. 68 If a deck of cards is to be ordered according to a multi-digit number..by means of a sorter, it is necessary to let the cards pass through the sorter as many times as the number field has digits.

Derivatives

ˈsortership n. the office or position of a letter-sorter.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post > mail sorter > office of

sortership1886

1886 Guide Civil Service 293 Competitive Examination for Female Sorterships in the General Post Office, London.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sorter
释义	sortern. Brit. /ˈsɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈsɔrdər/ Etymology: < sort v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One who sorts, arranges, selects, or classifies; esp. a wool-sorter. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > one who sorts wool sorter1554 wool-sorter1834 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > one who selects culler1483 sorter1554 picker1778 selector1782 society > communication > printing > publishing > editing for publication > [noun] > editor editionera1646 editor1646 undertaker1685 editoress1737 sorter1758 editress1775 rédacteur1785 redactor1793 literary editor1801 ed.1806 redacter1816 editrix1838 reworker1876 editor1881 rewrite1918 1554 Act 1 Mary c. 7 §1 Forcers of Wolles..and Sorters of Wolles. 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes ii, in Wks. sig. Cc The tounge is assinde, of woordes to be sorter. 1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 488 It is plain More wrote it not—and..he says he was a sorter of that book. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. i. 13 The shepherd, the sorter of the wool, the wool-comber or carder. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. iii. 96 The fingers of the sorter acquire by practice an extraordinary degree of sensitiveness. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 339/2 Wool..is..divided into ‘sorts’ or qualities by experienced sorters or staplers. b. spec. A letter-sorter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post > mail sorter sorter1699 letter sorter1714 bagman1924 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sorter, (at the Post Office) that puts or Digests the Letters into Order or Method. 1737 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 33) ii. List Offices [in G.P.O.] 690 Sorters 16, of which 14 have 50l. per An. and the two last 40l. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 3 Others again..carry the letters for the general delivery to the tables of the sorters. 1895 Forum (U.S.) Oct. 196 A sorter at the post-office..may accidentally sort one letter of his own out of a million. 2. With adverbs, as out. ΚΠ c1599 Life T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1810) II. 169 I was onlie a sorter out and placer of principall matters in the same [book] contained. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 65/3 Worsted Manufacture:..Sorter out, Spinner. 3. A machine that can sort punched cards into a prescribed order by means of a code punched on selected columns of the cards. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > punch card or tape > processing device reproducer1885 sorter1917 interpreter1936 verifier1940 card reader1946 reader1946 tape reader1947 collator1949 tape reproducer1961 stacker1962 tabulator1970 1917 L. R. Dicksee Office Machinery ii. 16 Beyond all question, the most notable..Sorting Machine is the Hollerith Sorter. 1940 W. J. Eckert Punched Card Methods 10 The sorter automatically sorts the cards into groups according to the information punched in any chosen column of the cards. The cards to be sorted are placed in the hopper..and the sorted cards fall into the various receptacles. 1949 E. C. Berkeley Giant Brains iv. 47 The chief IBM punch-card machines are: the key punch, the verifier, the sorter, the interpreter, the reproducer, the collator, the multiplying punch, the calculating punch, and the tabulator. 1956 G. A. Montgomerie Digital Calculating Machines viii. 146 The second basic piece of equipment is the sorter... A pack of punched cards can be fed into this machine and each card will be automatically examined in turn. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing iv. 68 If a deck of cards is to be ordered according to a multi-digit number..by means of a sorter, it is necessary to let the cards pass through the sorter as many times as the number field has digits. Derivatives ˈsortership n. the office or position of a letter-sorter. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post > mail sorter > office of sortership1886 1886 Guide Civil Service 293 Competitive Examination for Female Sorterships in the General Post Office, London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : sortasortern. < n.1554 see also
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