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Gu⋅ten⋅berg

[goot-n-burg; Ger. goot-n-berk]
–noun
Jo⋅han⋅nes [yoh-hahn-uhs] , (Johann Gensfleisch), c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
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Gu·ten·berg   (gōōt'n-bûrg')   
German printer who is traditionally considered the inventor of movable type. His Mazarin Bible (c. 1455) is believed to be the first book printed with such type.
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