Typograph

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    To prepare type in such a machine.

    "It is the merest chance in the world whether you’re born a countess or a washerwoman. I’m neither one nor t’other; I’m only a mot who does a little typographing by way of variety."

Example

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"It is the merest chance in the world whether you’re born a countess or a washerwoman. I’m neither one nor t’other; I’m only a mot who does a little typographing by way of variety."

Etymology

From type + -o- + -graph.

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