Typesetter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing. historical
"It’s hard to say who has the longest name in history, but a Philadelphia-area typesetter from the early 1900s chose a very long name for himself. Known, among other things, as Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590, Sr., his name has been published in many different forms since."
- 2 one who sets written material into type wordnet
- 3 A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing. historical
Example
More examples"It’s hard to say who has the longest name in history, but a Philadelphia-area typesetter from the early 1900s chose a very long name for himself. Known, among other things, as Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590, Sr., his name has been published in many different forms since."
Etymology
From type + setter.
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