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collator
/ ˈkəʊ-; ˈkɒleɪtə; kɒˈleɪtə; kəʊ- /
noun
- 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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From the smashing machine it goes to the collator, by whom it is examined to see if any signature is misplaced or left out.
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The edition is thus separated into its thousand books, which the collator goes over to see that each is perfect.
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The collator should check off all plates and maps called for by the table of contents to make sure that the copy is perfect.
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This placing is sometimes done by the collator, sometimes by a separate hand.
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He has designedly hung in the rearward of the science, and is a collator rather than a critic or an investigator.
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