lithographer

[ li-thog-ruh-fer ]

/ lɪˈθɒg rə fər /

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noun

a person who works at lithography.

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Origin of lithographer

First recorded in 1675–85; lithograph(y) + -er¹

Words nearby lithographer

lithodialysis, lithogenesis, lithogenic, lithogenous, lithograph, lithographer, lithography, lithoid, lithol., litholapaxy, lithology

How to use lithographer in a sentence

In those days there lived, on the Quai Voltaire, a lithographer of the name of Delpech.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music|Charles Gounod
Woman's heart is just like a lithographer's stone—what is once written upon it cannot be rubbed out.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
The master-lithographer knows just how many of these pictures will be necessary to achieve a facsimile.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, January 1904, No. 157|Various
He was a lithographer and engraver, as well as a painter, and his plates of Swiss landscapes were at one time well known.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

The lithographer rubbed his hands softly together—it was coming true at last, this dream of Mattie and his own!
Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)|Frederick William Robinson