duplicator

[ doo-pli-key-ter, dyoo- ]

/ ˈdu plɪˌkeɪ tər, ˈdyu- /

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noun

a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.

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Nearby words

duplicate bridge, duplicating machine, duplication, duplication of chromosomes, duplication of the cube, duplicator, duplicature, duplicatus, duplicident, duplicitous, duplicity

Origin of duplicator

First recorded in 1890–95; duplicate + -or²

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Examples from the Web for duplicator

This duplicator, a tube about 2½ inches in diameter and about 12 inches long, was used to copy farm records.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker
I manned the remote control panel for the Duplicator Construction Company.
Joy Ride|Mark Meadows
It was a new experience to turn the handle of the duplicator, and, in shirt-sleeve garb, to clip up the pages.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge|Alfred F. B. Carpenter
"Miss Peters will do that with the duplicator," beamed Avelyn.
For the School Colours|Angela Brazil

The only real pieces of evidence were your duplicator and the original gun.
Watch the Sky|James H. Schmitz

British Dictionary definitions for duplicator

duplicator

/ (ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪtə) /

noun

an apparatus for making replicas of an original, such as a machine using a stencil wrapped on an ink-loaded drum

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