stapler

[stey-pler]

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noun

a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.

a wire-stitching machine, especially one used in bookbinding.

Also called staple gun. a hand-powered tool used for driving heavy-duty wire staples into wood and other materials.

Origin of stapler

First recorded in 1905–10; staple¹ + -er¹

stapler

[stey-pler]

noun

a person who staples wool.

a merchant who deals in a staple or staples.

Origin of stapler

First recorded in 1505–15; staple² + -er¹

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Related Words for stapler

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Historical Examples of stapler

Captain Stapler, who was no card-player, looked on and replenished the long glasses of Scotch that stood at each man's right hand.
A Son Of The Sun
Jack London
This other dingus was undoubtedly a typewriter—and this small gadget on the desk a stapler.
The Mighty Dead
William Campbell Gault

British Dictionary definitions for stapler

stapler

noun

a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper, etc, to hold them together

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Word Origin and History for stapler

mechanical device for driving staples, by 1949; agent noun from staple (v.).