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stamp·er \ˈstampə(r), -aam-, -aim-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English stampere, from stampen to stamp + -ere -er : one that stamps: as a. (1) : one that stamps designs (as on pottery, buttons, fabrics, leather goods) (2) : a worker who stamps identifying information on merchandise or its containers (3) : stampman (4) : an operator of a machine for stamping bronze or copper to powder b. (1) : an implement for pounding or stamping; especially : a pestle or heavy metal piece attached to the lower end of a stamp in a stamp battery for crushing ore (2) : any of various stamping machines (as for powdering calcined flints or cleansing fabrics in a revolving vessel) c. : a metal negative from which phonograph records are stamped |