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papermaker

American  
[pey-per-mey-ker] / ˈpeɪ pərˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that makes paper.


Other Word Forms

  • papermaking noun

Etymology

Origin of papermaker

First recorded in 1565–75; paper + maker

Example Sentences

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America was once the papermaker to the world, but was eclipsed by China two decades ago.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2019

A close analysis of “The head of an old bearded man in profile,” a drawing from 1519, shows that the paper contains straw and fragments of rope that the papermaker used to repair the sheet.

From Fox News • Jan. 29, 2019

The deal turned Crane from a family papermaker into a global printing press.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2013

Randy Brozen, a papermaker, will lead the workshop, showing young artists how to use paper pulp as the foundation for a landscape, adding sticks, leaves and found paper to fill out the scene.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2012

He was painter, designer, scribe, illuminator, wood-engraver, dyer, weaver and finally printer and papermaker, and having mastered these crafts he could effectively direct and criticize the work of others.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various