engraver

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson or artist who cuts words or designs into a hard surface, or prepares engraved plates for printing

   The map engraver cut hundreds of fine lines into the copper plate.

From engrave plus the agent suffix -er. Engrave came through French from a Germanic word related to grave, 'to dig or carve'; an engraver is therefore literally one who cuts a design into a surface.

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