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imprimery

imprimery noun: synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.

Noun

imprimery (countable and uncountable, plural imprimeries)

  1. (archaic, countable) Synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
    • France's National Imprimery dates back to the Renaissance but now mostly prints ID cards.
  2. (obsolete, uncountable) Synonym of printing, the art or act of printing.
    Synonyms:
    printing
  3. (countable, obsolete) Synonym of print, a single instance of printing.
    Synonyms:
    print

Synonyms of imprimery

All synonyms of imprimery

Forms of imprimery

pluralimprimeries

Origin of imprimery

From French imprimerie, from imprimer (“to print, to imprint”) + -erie (“-ery”), from im- (“in-”) + primer (“to print”). Equivalent to imprint + -ery.

Questions about imprimery

What does imprimery mean?
Imprimery means synonym of printer, printing house, &c., a self-employed printer or printing establishment.
What part of speech is imprimery?
Imprimery is a noun.
What is the plural of imprimery?
The plural of imprimery is imprimeries.

Words near imprimery in the dictionary

  1. imprimatura
  2. imprimaturs
  3. imprime
  4. imprimed
  5. imprimeries
  6. imprimery
  7. imprimes
  8. impriming
  9. imprimings
  10. imprimis
  11. imprimitive

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