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compositor

Syllabification: (com·pos·i·tor)

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpäzitər/

Definition of compositor

noun

Printing

a person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine.

Origin:

late Middle English (originally Scots, denoting an umpire or arbiter): from Anglo-Norman French compositour, from Latin compositor, from composit- 'put together', from the verb componere (see composition)