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Printer

One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman.

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Narrower term 6

Compositor 76% connected

One who composes or sets in order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pressman 76% connected

One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reader 76% connected

One who reads.

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Setter 76% connected

One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter)…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Typesetter 76% connected

One who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.

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Typographer 76% connected

A printer.

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Broader term 2

Machine 76% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Peripheral 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

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Impress 74% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impress 74% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Print 74% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Print 74% connected

To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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