printer
Pluralprinters
- 1A machine connected to a computer that puts words and pictures onto paper, or that makes solid objects.
Like a machine that copies words from a screen onto a sheet of paper.
Our printer ran out of ink halfway through the report.
She bought a new printer that can also make small plastic toys.
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- 2A person who runs a printing press, or a business that prints things like books and newspapers.
Like a baker who makes bread, but a printer makes books and newspapers.
The printer delivered the wedding invitations a week early.
My uncle worked as a printer for thirty years.
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- 3A person who makes pictures by printing them from a special plate, block, or stone.
Like using a stamp dipped in ink to make the same picture again and again.
The printer pulled a fresh copy of the woodcut from the press.
She trained as a printer and sells her etchings at the market.
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Origin
It comes from the word "print" plus the ending "-er."