perfector
Britishnoun
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a person who completes or makes something perfect
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printing a machine or press capable of printing both sides of the paper in a single operation
Example Sentences
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Dorsey has long sought to present himself as both a rugged pioneer on the tech frontier and an iterative perfector of his own human physiology.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2020
It is not as original, lacerating, or self-aware as Louie and Girls, the progenitors of this trend, or as good as Transparent, the perfector of it, but it contains a deep and precise character sketch.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2016
Chaim Weizmann, mann, English chemist, perfector of TNT, head of the Zionist movement, was second.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He thus made practical Hooke's conception, which is without value except as applied by the coiled spring; but, nevertheless, the inventor, as well as the perfector, should receive credit.
From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith
M. Gillot, in Paris, may be said to be the inventor or perfector of this process, now used by many photo engravers in London, notably by Mr. Alfred Dawson, of Hogarth Works, Chiswick.
From The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. by Blackburn, Henry
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