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typesetter.

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

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.

    historical
  2. A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From type + setter.

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