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papermaker

American  
[pay-per-may-ker] / ˈpeɪ pərˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that makes paper.


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Etymology

Origin of papermaker

First recorded in 1565–75; paper + maker


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America was once the papermaker to the world, but was eclipsed by China two decades ago.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2019

A close analysis of “The head of an old bearded man in profile,” a drawing from 1519, shows that the paper contains straw and fragments of rope that the papermaker used to repair the sheet.

From Fox News ● Jan. 29, 2019

The deal turned Crane from a family papermaker into a global printing press.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2013

Randy Brozen, a papermaker, will lead the workshop, showing young artists how to use paper pulp as the foundation for a landscape, adding sticks, leaves and found paper to fill out the scene.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2012

And here the book-maker differs markedly from his provision-contractor, the papermaker, who shuts his mill up precisely when the weather is wet.

From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul

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