collator

/ (kɒˈleɪtə, kəʊ-, ˈkɒleɪtə, ˈkəʊ-) /


noun
  1. a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts

  2. computing a device for matching or checking punched cards in separate files and for merging two or more files sorted into the same ordered sequence

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How to use collator in a sentence

  • From the smashing machine it goes to the collator, by whom it is examined to see if any signature is misplaced or left out.

  • The edition is thus separated into its thousand books, which the collator goes over to see that each is perfect.

    The Booklover and His Books | Harry Lyman Koopman
  • The collator should check off all plates and maps called for by the table of contents to make sure that the copy is perfect.

    A Book for All Readers | Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • This placing is sometimes done by the collator, sometimes by a separate hand.

  • He has designedly hung in the rearward of the science, and is a collator rather than a critic or an investigator.