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compositor

 
Dictionary: com·pos·i·tor   (kəm-pŏz'ĭ-tər) pronunciation
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 compōnere, composit-, to put together. See component.]

compositorial com·pos'i·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one who sets written material into type
  Synonyms: typesetter, setter, typographer


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sætter

Nederlands (Dutch)
letterzetter

Français (French)
n. - (Imprim) compositeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schriftsetzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) στοιχειοθέτης

Italiano (Italian)
compositore, linotipista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - compositor (m), linotipista (m)

Русский (Russian)
наборщик

Español (Spanish)
n. - cajista, linotipista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sättare (boktr.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
排字工人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 排字工人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 식자공, 식자기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 植字工

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منضد حروف الطباعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סדר (בדפוס)‬


 
 
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