Definition of Linotypist. Meaning of Linotypist. Synonyms of Linotypist

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Definition of Linotypist

Linotypist
Linotype Lin"o*type, n. [See Line; Type.] (Print.) (a) A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing upon keys like those of a typewriter the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whole process being automatic. (b) The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. -- Lin"o*typ`ist, n.

Meaning of Linotypist from wikipedia

- The Linotype machine (/ˈlaɪnətaɪp/ LYNE-ə-type) is a "line casting" machine used in printing which is manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler...
- Teresa ("Maite"); the children were raised Catholic. Their father was a linotypist. Their mother died when he was a teenager. He learned Spanish from his...
- grandmother. At age twelve, she was sent by train to live with her mother, a linotypist, in Paris in order to help earn an income for her family. Harsh, degrading...
- practiced boxing, bullfighting and swimming. He also worked for a time as a linotypist. When he was 25 years old, he began performing as a professional musician...
- university professor. He was born in La Paz and, in his youth, worked as a linotypist before he became a journalist. A prolific author, he wrote some 128 books...
- interrupted by financial problems and he had to work as a locksmith and linotypist to help support the family. He earned an electronic engineering degree...
- the Spanish Republic, member of the French Resistance and Venezuelan Linotypist. Awarded in September 2006 for commanding Battalion Libertad and freeing...
- Richard Ely, and William U’Ren. Soderstrom pursued a career as a union linotypist, apprenticing throughout the Midwest from St. Louis, Missouri, to Madison...
- the book's typography, written "as if pages had been set by a drunken linotypist". Newsw**** called Lennon "an heir to the Anglo-American tradition of nonsense"...
- France in 1929, he became French in 1932. In 1935, he became typographer/linotypist at the journal Le Temps. Prisoner of war from 20 June 1940 to 1943, he...