n. One that sets written material into type; a typesetter. [Middle English compositur, one who composes, settler of disputes, from Anglo-Norman compositour, from Latin, writer, compiler, from compōnere, composit-, to put together; see COMPONENT.] com·pos′i·tori·al (-tôrē-əl) adj. |
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