noun
Meaning 1
One who makes prints.
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noun
One who makes prints.
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noun
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-hardware, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
a machine that prints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: printing machine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine
Narrower terms: addressing machine, Addressograph, character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer, electrostatic printer, impact printer, line printer, line-at-a-time printer, page printer, page-at-a-time printer, printer, thermal printer, typesetting machine
noun
(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device, printer, printing machine
Narrower terms: dot matrix printer, matrix printer, dot printer
noun
someone whose occupation is printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pressman
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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer, proofreader, reader, Bodoni, Gianbattista Bodoni, Bradford, William Bradford, Caxton, William Caxton, Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Goudy, Frederic Goudy, Frederic William Goudy, Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg
History
From print + -er.
Across languages
213 source translations are retained for this English entry.