compositor

[ kuh m-poz-i-ter ]

/ kəmˈpɒz ɪ tər /

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noun

a person who sets the type or text for printing.

RELATED WORDS

typographer, publisher

Nearby words

Origin of compositor

1325–75 for earlier sense “referee, arbiter”; 1560–70 for current sense; Middle English < Latin: one who composes, equivalent to composi-, variant stem of compōnere (see component, composite) + -tor -tor

Related formscom·pos·i·to·ri·al

[kuh m-poz-i-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-] /kəmˌpɒz ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for compositor

I found the editor and his compositor labouring over the next edition of the paper.
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale
In 1894 he began making his first copies clean enough for the compositor.
The Fiction Factory|John Milton Edwards
Mr. William Bowden, a retired master-printer, had already been engaged to act as compositor and pressman.
The Art and Craft of Printing|William Morris
As to punctuation, every compositor thinks he knows better than proof-reader and author combined and follows his own sweet will.
The Building of a Book|Various

He could not earn much as a compositor, but his wants were simple and he could earn something.
A Backward Glance at Eighty|Charles A. Murdock

British Dictionary definitions for compositor

compositor

/ (kəmˈpɒzɪtə) /

noun

printing a person who sets and corrects type and generally assembles text and illustrations for printingSometimes shortened to: comp

Derived Formscompositorial (kəmˌpɒzɪˈtɔːrɪəl), adjective

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