collator

/ (kɒˈleɪtə, kəʊ-, ˈkɒleɪtə, ˈkəʊ-) /

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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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Words nearby collator

collateral damage, collateralize, collateralized debt obligation, collation, collative, collator, colleague, colleagues, collect, collectable, collectanea

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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|Various
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.
Women in the Printing Trades.|Various

He has designedly hung in the rearward of the science, and is a collator rather than a critic or an investigator.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various