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platemaker

[ pleyt-mey-ker ]

noun

, Printing.
  1. a machine that makes plates plate used for reproducing illustrations or printed matter, especially halftone or etched illustrations.
  2. the operator of such a machine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of platemaker1

1250–1300; Middle English, as surname meaning “armorer”; plate 1, maker

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