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Webster 1913 Edition

Typesetter

Type′setˊter

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Noun.

One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.

Definition 2024

typesetter

typesetter

English

Various pieces of moveable type.

Noun

typesetter ‎(plural typesetters)

A person who sets type. Formerly an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of moveable type and assembled them for printing.

Synonyms

compositor

Translations

a typesetter

Bulgarian: словослагател m ‎(slovoslagatel)
Czech: sazeč m
Finnish: latoja (fi)
French: typographe (fr) m, f, typote f, typo (fr) m, compositeur-typographe (fr) m
German: Schriftsetzer m, Schriftsetzerin f
Greek: στοιχειοθέτης (el) m ‎(stoicheiothétis), τυπογράφος (el) m, f ‎(typográfos)
Hungarian: betűszedő (hu), szedő (hu)
Irish: clóchuradóir m, cló-eagraí m
Malay: pengatur huruf

Maori: kaiwhakanoho reta
Portuguese: compositor (pt) m, tipógrafo (pt) m
Russian: набо́рщик (ru) m ‎(nabórščik), печа́тник (ru) m ‎(pečátnik), типо́граф (ru) m ‎(tipógraf)
Scottish Gaelic: clòdhadair m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: словослагач m

Roman: slovoslagač m
Spanish: cajista m, f
Swedish: handsättare (sv), sättare c, typograf (sv) c