# typesetter

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
2. A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.

## Etymology
From type + setter.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/typesetter