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typographer

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person skilled in typography, a typesetter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: typographist, typo

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A typewriter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A kind of bark beetle, Ips typographus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

one who sets written material into type

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compositor, typesetter, setter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: printer, pressman

History

Etymology

From typography + -er.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: typograf — person skilled in typography
  • Dutch: typograaf — person skilled in typography
  • Esperanto: tipografo — person skilled in typography
  • Finnish: typografi — person skilled in typography
  • French: typographe — person skilled in typography
  • German: Typograph — person skilled in typography
  • German: Typographin — person skilled in typography
  • Greek: τυπογράφος (typográfos) — person skilled in typography
  • Hungarian: tipográfus — person skilled in typography
  • Indonesian: tipografer — person skilled in typography
  • Italian: tipografo — person skilled in typography
  • Norwegian Bokmål: typograf — person skilled in typography
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: typograf — person skilled in typography
  • Polish: drukarz — person skilled in typography
  • Portuguese: tipógrafo — person skilled in typography
  • Spanish: tipógrafo — person skilled in typography
  • Swedish: typograf — person skilled in typography
  • Ottoman Turkish: باصمهجی (basmacı) — person skilled in typography
  • Dutch: letterzetter — kind of bark beetle
  • Estonian: kuuse-kooreürask — kind of bark beetle
  • French: bostryche typographe — kind of bark beetle
  • German: Buchdrucker — kind of bark beetle
  • Hungarian: betűzőszú — kind of bark beetle
  • Italian: bostrico tipografo — kind of bark beetle
  • Italian: bostrico dell'abete rosso — kind of bark beetle
  • Norwegian: stor granbarkbille — kind of bark beetle
  • Polish: kornik drukarz — kind of bark beetle
  • Russian: корое́д-типо́граф (korojéd-tipógraf) — kind of bark beetle
  • Swedish: granbarkborre — kind of bark beetle
  • Walloon: scolite di l' epiceya — kind of bark beetle