collator
/ (kɒˈleɪtə, kəʊ-, ˈkɒleɪtə, ˈkəʊ-) /
a person or machine that collates texts or manuscripts
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 Building of a Book | VariousThe 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 KoopmanThe 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 SpoffordThis placing is sometimes done by the collator, sometimes by a separate hand.
Women in the Printing Trades. | VariousHe has designedly hung in the rearward of the science, and is a collator rather than a critic or an investigator.
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