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imprinter

imprinter noun: a device that imprints.

Noun

imprinter (plural imprinters)

  1. A device that imprints.
  2. A person who does imprinting with such a device.
  3. An organism that imprints, or forms an attachment.
    • This would be unlikely with a very rapid imprinter such as a duckling or a chick, but mammals tend to become socialized more slowly.2009, Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo, page 101

Forms of imprinter

pluralimprinters

Origin of imprinter

From imprint + -er.

Questions about imprinter

What does imprinter mean?
Imprinter means a device that imprints.
What part of speech is imprinter?
Imprinter is a noun.
What is the plural of imprinter?
The plural of imprinter is imprinters.

Words near imprinter in the dictionary

  1. imprintable
  2. imprinted
  3. imprinted on
  4. imprintee
  5. imprintees
  6. imprinter
  7. imprinters
  8. imprintery
  9. imprintest
  10. imprinteth
  11. imprinting

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