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compositor

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com·pos·i·tor  (km-pz-tr)
n.
One that sets written material into type; a typesetter.
[Middle English compositur, one who composes, settler of disputes, from Anglo-Norman compositour, from Latin, writer, compiler, from compnere, composit-, to put together; see component.]
com·posi·tori·al (-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
compositor [kəmˈpɒzɪtə]
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a person who sets and corrects type and generally assembles text and illustrations for printing Sometimes shortened to comp
compositorial  [kəmˌpɒzɪˈtɔːrɪəl] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.compositorcompositor - one who sets written material into type
setter, typesetter, typographer
pressman, printer - someone whose occupation is printing
Translations
compositor [kəmˈpɒzɪtəʳ] N → cajista mf
compositor [kəmˈpɒzɪtər] n → compositeur/trice m/f
compositor
n (Typ) → (Schrift)setzer(in) m(f)
compositor [kəmˈpɒzɪtəʳ] n (Typ) → compositore m
compositor [kəmˈpɒzɪtəʳ] n (Typ) → compositore m


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The affair ended in our going to the State capital, where my father found work as a reporter of legislative proceedings for one of the daily journals, and I was taken into the office as a compositor.
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