How to use compositor in a sentence

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• You can see why compositors reflexively filled lines to be corrected with etaoin shrdlus.1989, Alex Brown, In print: text and type, page 137. From the entry etaoin shrdlu
• When, for example, Walter Scott's copy was received, compositors began to upmake lines of type in the caseroom or composing room.2011, Alistair Moffat, The Borders: A History of the Borders from Ealiest Times. From the entry upmake
• Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 381. From the entry Baskerville
• The Sun has lost in a little over four months three lady compositors by marriage and has about reached the end of the rope.1919 January 30, The Border Sentinel, volume 31, number 33, Mound City, Kan.. From the entry printeress
• During the “good old days” compositors (down this way, at least) had to edit “manifold”—grammarize it, supply dates, figure out sub-heads, etc.1906, Typographical Journal - Volume 28, page 471. From the entry grammarize
• He scanned the long column, which mostly concerned bakers, bushelmen, cooks, compositors, drivers, and the like, finding two things only which arrested his eye.1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie, Chapter 35. From the entry bushelman
• Working as the sole writer, editor, illustrator, platemaker, compositor, proofreader and pressman, he published limited editions of short stories and poetry, illustrated with his own wood and linoleum cuts.2007 February 20, Steven Heller, “Joseph Low, 95, Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies”, in New York Times. From the entry platemaker
• With the straight matter being set on the linotype or monoline, the hand compositor was left with what he claimed was the most 'skilled' part of his old work.1993, Rae Frances, The Politics of Work: Gender and Labour in Victoria 1880-1939, →ISBN, page 126. From the entry monoline
• My brother works on the Telegraph; he's a compositor and he'd give me the first pull of any speshul stuff and I could bring it to you.1991, Frank Harris, John F Gallagher, My Life and Loves. From the entry speshul
• Both compositors had some difficulty with lineation, but X mislined his copy only eight times whereas Y mislined his stint twenty-two times, often in more serious ways.1981, Christopher Marlowe, Fredson Bowers, The Complete Works of Christopher Marlowe, page 6. From the entry misline

Meaning of compositor

1. noun A person who sets type; a typesetter.
2. noun One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
3. noun A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image.

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Questions about compositor in a sentence

How do you use compositor in a sentence?

Compositor is used as a noun. For example: “I work as an image compositor.”

What is a short sentence with compositor?

“I work as an image compositor.”

What does compositor mean?

Compositor means a person who sets type; a typesetter.