copier

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a machine that makes paper copies of documents or images

   The office copier ran out of toner halfway through the report.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who copies writing, documents, artwork, or another person's work

   A careless copier omitted several lines from the manuscript.

Formed from copy + the agent or instrument suffix -er. The word first named a person who copied; the now-common machine sense developed after mechanical and photographic copying devices became widespread.

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