collator

/ ˈkəʊ-, ˈkɒleɪtə, kɒˈleɪtə, kəʊ- /

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

Example Sentences

As the collator of all this material, Solomon makes his own emotional and intellectual growth one of the book’s themes, as he describes how his subjects helped him shed the blinders he once wore.

From Slate

If the collator put the query directly into the piece, or if the editor tried to make a fix without being sure what the author meant, there was a danger of corrupting the text.

From The New Yorker

“There’s been some shift,” says Molly Malloy, the collator and curator of the most extensive archive of these events in Juárez, and the librarian at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, just across the border.

From The Guardian

Eventually, I became what was known as a collator—a Bartleby-like occupation that computers have since done away with.

From The New Yorker

"The overall headline number has risen but there are signs that it is going to start deteriorating again. Most worrying is the decline in new orders," said Chris Williamson, chief economist at data collator Markit.

From Reuters