COMPOSITOR


Meaning of COMPOSITOR in English

— compositorial /keuhm poz'i tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj.

/keuhm poz"i teuhr/ , n.

a person who sets the type or text for printing.

[ 1325-75 for earlier sense "referee, arbiter"; 1560-70 for current sense; ME composi-, var. s. of componere (see COMPONENT, COMPOSITE) + -tor -TOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .