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MERGENTHALER
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• MERGENTHALER (noun)
The noun MERGENTHALER has 1 sense:
1. United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899)
Familiarity information: MERGENTHALER used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mergenthaler; Ottmar Mergenthaler
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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