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Definition of platemaker - 1 dictionary result

plate⋅mak⋅er

[pleyt-mey-ker]
–noun Printing.
1. a machine that makes plates used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, esp. halftone or etched illustrations.
2. the operator of such a machine.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME, as surname meaning “armorer”; see plate 1 , maker
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