stamper
Americannoun
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a person or thing that stamps.
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(in a post office) an employee who applies postmarks and cancels postage stamps.
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a pestle, especially one in a stamp mill.
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a mold, usually of metal, from which disk recordings are pressed.
Etymology
Origin of stamper
First recorded in 1350–1400, stamper is from the Middle English word stampere. See stamp, -er 1
Example Sentences
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At the company’s factory in Warsaw, Ind., which sits on the campus of a former printing press, a robotic system will weld together the body and frame rather than use a metal stamper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Her mother, a leather stamper and pianist, was White; her father, a saddle maker and painter, was White Mountain Apache and Yaqui.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022
First a master disc is made of metal and converted into a stamper.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2022
Marion Manufacturing in Cheshire remains a die stamper after 72 years while expanding into custom and high-volume parts for monitoring and surgical devices.
From Washington Times ● May 7, 2018
The stamper is a brazen touch, but it's Karl who astounds Helmuth and Rudi with the risks he takes.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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