ˈstampə(r), -aam-, -aim- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English stampere, from stampen to stamp + -ere -er
: one that stamps: as
a.
(1) : one that stamps designs (as on pottery, buttons, fabrics, leather goods)
(2) : a worker who stamps identifying information on merchandise or its containers
(3) : stampman
(4) : an operator of a machine for stamping bronze or copper to powder
b.
(1) : an implement for pounding or stamping ; especially : a pestle or heavy metal piece attached to the lower end of a stamp in a stamp battery for crushing ore
(2) : any of various stamping machines (as for powdering calcined flints or cleansing fabrics in a revolving vessel)
c. : a metal negative from which phonograph records are stamped