"letterer" meaning in English

See letterer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: letterers [plural]
Etymology: letter + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|letter|er}} letter + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} letterer (plural letterers)
  1. A person who is professionally employed to add writing to something (as a sign, shop window, etc.) Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-letterer-en-noun-K7DQoqe7 Disambiguation of Occupations: 61 38 2 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 27 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 23 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 69 21 10
  2. A particular profession in the production of comics, an artist specializing in neatly writing written material such as dialogue. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-letterer-en-noun-C67KYLHs Disambiguation of People: 49 51 0
  3. A device for printing letters of text.
    Sense id: en-letterer-en-noun-OavhZ4nl

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for letterer meaning in English (1.9kB)

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