compositor

noun

com·​pos·​i·​tor kəm-ˈpä-zə-tər How to pronounce compositor (audio)
: one who sets type

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Exactly what Murray or his assistants would have produced (although our bundles would then go off to be keyed into a database, rather than being typeset by compositors). — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Elsewhere in the newsroom is compositor Mare Pritti, a military vet with journalistic dreams deferred. — EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Around this time, a society of compositors also negotiated a piecework scale of wages in London, England, in 1785. — Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 Nacido en Puerto Rico, el cantante y compositor ha redefinido el reguetón y el trap latino con una estética que mezcla rebeldía, sensibilidad y orgullo cultural. — Katie Wiseman, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for compositor

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First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of compositor was in 1569

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compositor

noun
com·​pos·​i·​tor kəm-ˈpäz-ət-ər How to pronounce compositor (audio)
: one who arranges type for printing
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