compositor
noun [C] /kəmˈpɒz.ɪ.tər/
/-ˈpɑː.zɪ.t̬ɚ/ Definition
› a person whose job is to arrange the letters, words, sentences, etc. of a book or a magazine before it is printedPrinting and word processingPeople who work in publishing
(Definition of compositor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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