blueprintern.
/ˈbluːprɪntə/, U.S. /ˈbluˌprɪn(t)ər/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > other types of decoration > artist or decorator
blueprinter1825
sponger?1881
photo-ceramist1894
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 470 The blue-printer lays the plate upon a stove.
1867 Eng. Cycl., Arts & Sci. VI. 691 The ware, now in the state of biscuit, is ready for the blue-printer or for the artist.
2. Originally: a person or machine that creates photographic blueprints. Also in later use: a person who designs or plans.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > detailed plan > one who makes
specifier1758
blueprinter1887
1887 13th Rep. Board Trustees Univ. Illinois 153 It has been found advisable and simplest to allow the blue-printer to purchase his own supplies.
1913 Pop. Mech. May 756/2 (heading) An Inexpensive Electric Blueprinter.
1948 A. O'Rahilly Social Princ. viii. 55 The tidy bureaucratic minds of planners and blue-printers.
1977 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 6 Apr. 25 Larson began his career with the phone company in Denver... In 1928 he began working as an assistant blueprinter.
2005 Nation (N.Y.) 13 June 22/1 The blueprinters..like to think that they have the future in their pockets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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