/ kəmˈpɒzɪtə(r); NAmE -ˈpɑːz-/ noun
a person who arranges text on a page before printing
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WORD 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 put together, from com- together + ponere put.