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compositor

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/

The English word “compositor” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From French compositeur, from Latin compositor.

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