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[ prin -ter ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈprɪn tər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
Computers . an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data.
an instrument that automatically records telegraphic messages by means of a printing mechanism activated by incoming signals.
Movies . a photographic machine through which either the negative or positive of a master print can be run, together with unexposed film, to make a duplicate.
Origin of printer First recorded in 1495–1505; print + -er1
OTHER WORDS FROM printer print·er·like, adjective Words nearby printer printback, print bar, printed circuit, printed circuit board, printed matter, printer , printer's devil, printer's error, printer's mark, P-R interval, printery
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Example sentences from the Web for printer Another returned a printer box stuffed with a candy-filled piñata.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel| December 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The beauty of the 3-D printer was that users would continually figure out new ways to use it.
Pioneers in Printing | The Daily Beast| October 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The boxes are not arranged alphabetically, and a printer learns the case as one learns the typewriter keyboard.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken| October 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Pills purporting to be Viagra filled with printer ink and rat poison.
Museum of Fakes for a City of Fakes | William O’Connor| June 25, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Franklin was a printer , scientist, revolutionary, ambassador and all around know-it-all.
The Struggles of Benjamin Franklin’s Sister Jane | Annette Gordon-Reed| November 21, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The eldest son is named Herv, in memory of his mother's father, and he follows his father Christian's profession of printer .
The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer | Eugne Sue
This sum of money and the knowledge of the printer 's trade made up his capital.
Captains of Industry | James Parton
Educated in public schools, he became a printer , and travelled much through the States.
A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations | Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
His main calling was that of a printer , a vocation of unusual importance and influence in a free community.
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) | Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Benjamin Franklin, the American printer , statesman and philosopher, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
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British Dictionary definitions for printer noun a person or business engaged in printing
a machine or device that prints
computing an output device for printing results on paper
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Words related to printer laser printer, typographer, compositor, publisher, ink-jet printer, dot-matrix printer, line printer, thermal printer