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compositorial

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com⋅pos⋅i⋅tor

  [kuhm-poz-i-ter]
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–noun
a person who sets the type or text for printing.
Origin:
1325–75 for earlier sense “referee, arbiter”; 1560–70 for current sense; ME < L: one who composes, equiv. to composi-, var. s. of compōnere (see component, composite ) + -tor -tor

Related forms:
com⋅pos⋅i⋅to⋅ri⋅al  [kuhm-poz-i-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] , adjective
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com·pos·i·tor   (kəm-pŏz'ĭ-tər)   
n.  One that sets written material into type; a typesetter.

[Middle English compositur, one who composes, settler of disputes, from Anglo-Norman compositour, from Latin, writer, compiler, from compōnere, composit-, to put together; see component.]
com·pos'i·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
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