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compositor

[ kuhm-poz-i-ter ]

noun

  1. a person who sets the type or text for printing.


compositor

/ kəmˈpɒzɪtə; kəmˌpɒzɪˈtɔːrɪəl /

noun

  1. printing a person who sets and corrects type and generally assembles text and illustrations for printing Sometimes shortened tocomp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • compositorial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • com·pos·i·to·ri·al [k, uh, m-poz-i-, tawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, tohr, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of compositor1

1325–75 for earlier sense “referee, arbiter”; 1560–70 for current sense; Middle English < Latin: one who composes, equivalent to composi-, variant stem of compōnere ( component, composite ) + -tor -tor
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Example Sentences

One of these was an old compositor who had "held a case" in that office for many years.

Companies were as hopelessly jumbled and mixed as a galley of type that a compositor has dropped downstairs.

Thence the proof passes back again to the compositor, who corrects the type in accordance with the proof-reader's markings.

The portion thus given each compositor is called a "take," and its length is determined by circumstances.

If many such occur, the proof is again passed to the compositor for further correction and the taking of fresh proofs.

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