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printer
CIDE DICTIONARY
printer, n.
One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
printer, n.
1 a person who prints books, magazines, advertising matter, etc.
2 the owner of a printing business.
3 a device that prints, esp. as part of a computer system.
1 a person who prints books, magazines, advertising matter, etc.
2 the owner of a printing business.
3 a device that prints, esp. as part of a computer system.
Idiom
printer's devil an errand-boy in a printer's office. printer's mark a device used as a printer's trade mark. printer's pie = PIE(3) n.
THESAURUS
printer
Linotyper, apprentice printer, bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept, bibliolater, bibliomane, bibliomaniac, bibliopegist, bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliopole, bibliopolist, bibliotaph, bibliothec, bibliothecaire, bibliothecary, book agent, book collector, book printer, book publisher, book salesman, book-stealer, bookbinder, bookdealer, booklover, bookmaker, bookman, bookseller, bookworm, cataloger, chief librarian, college editor, composing room, compositor, copy editor, curator, devil, dictionary editor, editor, editor-in-chief, electrotyper, executive editor, juvenile editor, keyboarder, librarian, library director, makeup man, managing editor, permissions editor, philobiblist, press, pressman, pressroom, printing office, printshop, production editor, proofer, proofroom, publisher, publishers, publishing house, reference editor, reference librarian, stereotyper, stoneman, textbook editor, trade editor, typesetter, typist, typographerROGET THESAURUS
printer
Printing
N printing, block printing, type-printing, plate printing, (engraving), the press, composition, print, letterpress, text, context, note, page, column, typography, stereotype, electrotype, aprotype, type, black letter, font, fount, pi, pie, capitals, brevier, bourgeois, pica boldface, capitals, caps, catchword, composing-frame, composing room, composing rule, composing stand, composing stick, italics, justification, linotype, live matter, logotype, lower case, upper case, make-up, matrix, matter, monotype, 4-1/2 point, 5 point, 5-1/2 point, 6 point, 7 point, 8 point, press room, press work, reglet, roman, running head, running title, scale, serif, shank, sheet work, shoulder, signature, slug, underlay, folio, copy, impression, pull, proof, revise, author's proof, galley proof, press proof, press revise, printer, compositor, reader, printer's devil copyholder, printed, in type, typographical, solid in galleys.For further exploring for "printer" in Webster Dictionary Online