typesetter

English

noun

Definitions

(historical) A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
(historical) A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.

Etymology

Compound from English type + English setter.

Origin

English

setter

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aftertype English
agrotype English
anthotype English
apotype English
autotype English
biotype English
bonesetter English
cerebrotype English
chronotype English
coenotype English
colourtype English
cotype English
countertype English
cybertype English
ditype English
ecotype English
electrotype English
endotype English
envirotype English
exotype English
featuretype English
filetype English
filmsetter English
firesetter English
foretype English
gemsetter English
genomotype English
genotype English
gliotype English
glycotype English
histotype English
hypotype English
idiotype English
imagesetter English
immunotype English
intertype English
isotype English
kintype English
linotype English
logotype English
mistype English
monotype English
moodsetter English
multitype English
neotype English
neurotype English
nucleotype English
odortype English
oligotype English
ombrotype English
oncotype English
onsetter English
overtype English
oxotype English
pacesetter English
palaeotype English
paratopotype English
paratype English
pedotype English
photosetter English
phototype English
phototypesetter English
phylotype English
physiotype English
pinsetter English
plastotype English
pneumotype English
polytype English
polytypism English
pretype English
pseudo-type English
pseudotype English
pulsotype English
retype English
scenesetter English
set English
setter English
setterlike English
setterwort English
sociotype English
somatotype English
spoligotype English
stannotype English
stratotype English
subtype English
supertype English
talbotype English
taphotype English
tectotype English
teletype English
theriotype English
tintype English
typal English
type English
type safety English
type site English
typeability English
typeable English
typeahead English
typeball English
typebar English
typecase English
typecast English
typechecker English
typechecking English
typecutter English
typeface English
typefounding English
typeful English
typehead English
typeholder English
typeless English
typeover English
typer English
typescale English
typescript English
typeset English
typestate English
typester English
typestyle English
typewheel English
typewriter English
typewriting English
typewritten English
typification English
typogram English
typograph English
typology English
typonym English
typy English
untype English
ur-type English
xenotype English
zootype English
zymotype English
setter Italian
typen Dutch, Flemish
setter French
сеттер Russian
tipear Spanish, Castilian
*(s)tewp- Proto-Indo-European
*dupjaną Proto-Germanic
セッター Japanese
タイプ Japanese
settere Middle English
type Middle English
setr Czech
tajpi Esperanto
teipio Welsh
taidhp Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
塞特 Chinese
賽特 Chinese
雪達 Chinese
타입 Korean
taipim Tok Pisin