compositor

(kəm päzət ər)

noun

a person who sets matter for printing, esp. a typesetter

Origin: L, arranger, disposer: see composite

See compositor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One that sets written material into type; a typesetter.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English compositur, one who composes, settler of disputes

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman compositour

Origin: , from Latin, writer, compiler

Origin: , from compōnere, composit-, to put together; see component

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Related Forms:

  • com·posˌi·toˈri·al (-tôrˈē-əl, -tōrˈ-) adjective

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