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单词 photoengraver
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photoengravern.

Brit. /ˌfəʊtəʊᵻnˈɡreɪvə/, /ˌfəʊtəʊɛnˈɡreɪvə/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊᵻnˈɡreɪvər/, /ˈˌfoʊdoʊɛnˈɡreɪvər/; see also engraver n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: photo- comb. form, engraver n.
Etymology: < photo- comb. form + engraver n., after photoengraving n., photoengrave v.
Printing.
A person who practises photoengraving; spec. a printer or platemaker who specializes in photoengraving.
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1887 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 3 Mar. The photo-engravers' strike in New York is ended.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 628 Any of the photo-engravers..can make an electrotype from this negative.
1937 Life 26 July 4/2 At left is shown the photoengraver's camera.
1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print ii. 31 The letterpress printer's closest ally, since the intervention of photography and its uses in print, has been the photo-engraver.
2003 Myrtle Beach (S. Carolina) Sun-News (Nexis) 28 Dec. c7 He worked as a master photoengraver for 54 years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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