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printer

/ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈpɹɪntɚ/ US
/ˈpɹɪnɚ/ US
[ˈpʰɹɪɾ̃ɚ] US
[ˈpʰɹɪnɚ] US

Rhymes with -ɪntə(ɹ)

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From print + -er.

noun printers

One who makes prints. Old Japanese colour-prints are printed on a sheet of mulberry-bark paper, and are the product of three different craftsmen: the artist who drew the original design, the block-maker or engraver who transferred the design to the wood, and the printer.
Similar: printmaker, printworker
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business. IMPRINTED at London in Fleteſtrete by Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges highnes, the ſeconde of July, the yere of our lorde. M. DXLV. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum ſolum.
A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects. The use of the Hughes type printer is extending on the main circuits, where speed of transmission is a great object; but it is highly improbable that it will ever be adopted, except on main circuits.

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Closest in meaning: pressman, printing machine, printout, copier, printing, impression, print, ink, typesetting, printed, printable, version, fixture, perception, feeling, drucker

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noun one who makes prints

Español	impresor
한국어	인쇄자 inswaeja
日本語	印刷者 insatsusha
中文	印刷者 yìnshuāzhě
Português	impressor
Français	imprimeur, imprimeuse
Deutsch	Drucker, Druckerin
Ελληνικά	τυπογράφος typográfos
Română	tipograf
Русский	печа́тник pečátnik, типо́граф tipógraf

noun operator of a printing press

Español	impresor
한국어	인쇄공 inswaegong
日本語	印刷工 insatsukō
中文	印刷工 yìnshuāgōng
Português	gráfico, impressor
Français	imprimeur, imprimeuse
Deutsch	Drucker, Druckerin
Ελληνικά	τυπογράφος typográfos
Română	tipograf
Русский	печа́тник pečátnik, печа́тница pečátnica, типо́граф tipógraf

noun computing: device used to print text or images

Español	impresora
한국어	프린터 peurinteo
日本語	プリンター purintā, 印刷機 insatsuki
中文	打印機 /打印机 dǎyìnjī
हिन्दी	प्रिंटर priṇṭar
Português	impressora
Français	imprimante
Deutsch	Drucker
Italiano	stampante
Ελληνικά	εκτυπωτής ektypotís
Română	imprimantă
Русский	при́нтер príntɛr
Tiếng Việt	máy in
العربية	طَابِعَة ṭābiʕa
עברית	מַדְפֶּסֶת madpéset

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@misc{printer_2026,
  title = {printer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/printer},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}