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modeller|ˈmɒdələ(r)|
[f. model v. + -er1.]
One who models (in any sense of the vb.) or makes models, esp. one who forms models in clay, plaster, wax, or the like. Also fig.
1603Florio Montaigne i. xxv. (1632) 79 Philosophy (as a former of judgements, and modeler of customes) shall be his principall lesson. 1692Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 101 He..became..a great proposal maker, and modeller of state, and publisher of several seditious Pamphlets. 1712Addison Spect. No. 414 ⁋5 Our great Modellers of Gardens have their Magazines of Plants to dispose of. 1791Smeaton Edystone L. §69 A competent draughtsman and an excellent modeller. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 465 The modeller and the mould-maker, whose occupations are very distinct branches of the art. The modeller has great scope for the exertion of natural and acquired ability, taste, and ingenuity. 1837Rep. Roy. Mint App. 6 The office of a modeller should be established, and I should humbly submit that he might be chosen from among the most celebrated of our Royal Academicians. 1846Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 313/1 The..formative skill of the modeller [in clay]. |