compositor
[k
uh
m-
poz
-i-ter]
/kəmˈpɒz ɪ tər/
noun
1.
a person who sets the type or text for printing.
Origin
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
(see
component
,
composite
) +
-tor
-tor
Related forms
compositorial
[k
uh
m-poz-i-
tawr
-ee-
uh
l, -
tohr
-]
/kəmˌpɒz ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-/
(
Show IPA
),
adjective
Examples from the web for
compositor
Either method allows the cone splitter to function as both a splitter and
compositor
.
Ferry worked in the newspaper trade as a printer and
compositor
.
Then, according to the projection value, the stylebooks can be
compositor
and identified.
He took the place of
compositor
and was thus en gaged for two years.
British Dictionary definitions for
compositor
compositor
/
kəmˈpɒzɪtə
/
noun
1.
(
printing
) a person who sets and corrects type and generally assembles text and illustrations for printing
Sometimes shortened to
comp
Derived Forms
compositorial
(
kəmˌpɒzɪˈtɔːrɪəl
)
adjective