ENGRAVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does engraver mean? 

• ENGRAVER (noun)
  The noun ENGRAVER has 2 senses:

1. a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

2. a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate

  Familiarity information: ENGRAVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGRAVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("engraver" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "engraver"):

lapidary; lapidist (a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones)

Instance hyponyms:

Albrecht Durer; Durer (a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528))

Hogarth; William Hogarth (English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764))

Hans Holbein; Holbein; Holbein the Younger (German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543))

Andrea Mantegna; Mantegna (Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506))

Derivation:

engrave (carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("engraver" is a kind of...):

graphic artist; printmaker (an artist who designs and makes prints)

Derivation:

engrave (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

 Context examples 

Round the corner from the by-street, there was a square of ancient, handsome houses, now for the most part decayed from their high estate and let in flats and chambers to all sorts and conditions of men; map-engravers, architects, shady lawyers and the agents of obscure enterprises.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)