Definition of compositor in English:

compositor

noun kəmˈpɒzɪtəkəmˈpɑzədər

Printing

A person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine.
〔印刷〕排字工人
Example sentencesExamples
- Having qualified as a compositor he later became a linotype operator.
- For decades the small but powerful unions of printers and pressmen had won rich contract settlements as well as expensive press manning clauses and lifetime job guarantees for the compositors displaced by computerized typesetting.
- I spent roughly 30 years in the book publishing business, most of which was on the production side dealing with type compositors and printers.
- It may be argued that Sarah Fielding's use of dashes in the first edition was not in fact deliberate but was merely the work of a compositor or of compositors involved in the printing process.
- Both scribes and printing-house compositors made occasional further alterations in the course of transmitting Shakespeare's text, including linguistic details such as punctuation, spelling, and grammatical inflections.

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).

Rhymes

expositor

Definition of compositor in US English:

compositor

nounkəmˈpɑzədərkəmˈpäzədər

Printing

A person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine.
〔印刷〕排字工人
Example sentencesExamples
- For decades the small but powerful unions of printers and pressmen had won rich contract settlements as well as expensive press manning clauses and lifetime job guarantees for the compositors displaced by computerized typesetting.
- Having qualified as a compositor he later became a linotype operator.
- I spent roughly 30 years in the book publishing business, most of which was on the production side dealing with type compositors and printers.
- It may be argued that Sarah Fielding's use of dashes in the first edition was not in fact deliberate but was merely the work of a compositor or of compositors involved in the printing process.
- Both scribes and printing-house compositors made occasional further alterations in the course of transmitting Shakespeare's text, including linguistic details such as punctuation, spelling, and grammatical inflections.

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).

单词	compositor
释义	Definition of compositor in English: compositor noun kəmˈpɒzɪtəkəmˈpɑzədər Printing A person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine. 〔印刷〕排字工人 Example sentencesExamples Having qualified as a compositor he later became a linotype operator. For decades the small but powerful unions of printers and pressmen had won rich contract settlements as well as expensive press manning clauses and lifetime job guarantees for the compositors displaced by computerized typesetting. I spent roughly 30 years in the book publishing business, most of which was on the production side dealing with type compositors and printers. It may be argued that Sarah Fielding's use of dashes in the first edition was not in fact deliberate but was merely the work of a compositor or of compositors involved in the printing process. Both scribes and printing-house compositors made occasional further alterations in the course of transmitting Shakespeare's text, including linguistic details such as punctuation, spelling, and grammatical inflections. 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). Rhymes expositor Definition of compositor in US English: compositor nounkəmˈpɑzədərkəmˈpäzədər Printing A person who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine. 〔印刷〕排字工人 Example sentencesExamples For decades the small but powerful unions of printers and pressmen had won rich contract settlements as well as expensive press manning clauses and lifetime job guarantees for the compositors displaced by computerized typesetting. Having qualified as a compositor he later became a linotype operator. I spent roughly 30 years in the book publishing business, most of which was on the production side dealing with type compositors and printers. It may be argued that Sarah Fielding's use of dashes in the first edition was not in fact deliberate but was merely the work of a compositor or of compositors involved in the printing process. Both scribes and printing-house compositors made occasional further alterations in the course of transmitting Shakespeare's text, including linguistic details such as punctuation, spelling, and grammatical inflections. 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).
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