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paper-maker

paper-maker is the alternative form of papermaker.

Meaning of papermaker

Noun

papermaker (plural papermakers)

  1. A person or company that makes paper.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person who gathers rags to sell.

Forms of paper-maker

pluralpaper-makers

Questions about paper-maker

What is paper-maker the alternative form of?
Paper-maker is the alternative form of papermaker.

Words near paper-maker in the dictionary

  1. paper-handing
  2. paper-hanger
  3. paper-hangers
  4. paper-knife
  5. paper-knives
  6. paper-maker
  7. paper-makers
  8. paper-milling
  9. paper-money
  10. paper-plane
  11. paper-planes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paper-maker (page history and authors); papermaker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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