duplicator

American  

[doo-pli-key-ter, dyoo-] / ˈdu plɪˌkeɪ tər, ˈdyu- /

noun

1. a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.

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duplicator British  

/ ˈdjuːplɪˌkeɪtə /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of duplicator

First recorded in 1890–95; duplicate + -or ²

Example Sentences

For Super Bowl X, he and the copywriter Steven Penchina created a spot for the Xerox high-speed duplicator.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

He kept the organisation's duplicator under his bed and, if his later facility for writing was any guide, probably wrote most of the articles too.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012

Please order lor this parish the following automatic machines: One sermon writer and preacher, one acolyte trainer, one paperwork machine with built-in duplicator, one parish caller, one sinner converter, one confession hearer and consultant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lipman assembled a six-man team including two reporters, two secretaries, a duplicator operator and a messenger boy.

From Time Magazine Archive

My idea was to ask Miss White to lend us the duplicator, and we'd make a copy for each Form.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John