compositor

Meaning

1. A person who sets type; a typesetter.
2. One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
3. A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.

Synonyms

typesetter

typographer

setter

printer

🖨️

hand compositor

maker-up

composing machine

linotypist

pressman

ting machine

type setter

type-setter

linotyper

Translations

cajista

Setzer

compositeur

typographe

tipógrafo

compositor

dizgici

compositore

στοιχειοθέτης

Schriftsetzer

linotipista

τυπογράφος

tipografo

linotipista

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From French compositeur, from Latin compositor.