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PRINTER
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Irregular inflected form: printer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A machine that prints
Synonyms:
printer; printing machine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("printer" is a kind of...):
machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printer"):
addressing machine; Addressograph (a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing)
character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer (a printer that prints a single character at a time)
electrostatic printer (a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper)
impact printer (a printer that prints by mechanical impacts)
line-at-a-time printer; line printer (printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time)
page-at-a-time printer; page printer (a printer that prints one page at a time)
printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)
thermal printer (a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat)
typesetting machine (a printer that sets textual material in type)
Derivation:
print (put into print)
print (reproduce by printing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("printer" is a kind of...):
printer; printing machine (a machine that prints)
computer peripheral; peripheral; peripheral device (electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printer"):
dot matrix printer; dot printer; matrix printer (a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix)
Derivation:
print (put into print)
print (reproduce by printing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone whose occupation is printing
Synonyms:
pressman; printer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("printer" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "printer"):
compositor; setter; typesetter; typographer (one who sets written material into type)
proofreader; reader (someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections)
Instance hyponyms:
Bodoni; Gianbattista Bodoni (Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813))
Bradford; William Bradford (United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752))
Caxton; William Caxton (English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491))
Benjamin Franklin; Franklin (printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790))
Frederic Goudy; Frederic William Goudy; Goudy (United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947))
Gutenberg; Johann Gutenberg; Johannes Gutenberg (German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468))
Derivation:
print (put into print)
print (reproduce by printing)
Context examples:
It was evident that the squabble with the printer had not affected his equanimity.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
No one save the printer.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was careless of me to be so short; but the bill was not yet due, and the printer's request, as a favor, to make an immediate advance, was quite unexpected.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
