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STAMPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stamper mean?
• STAMPER (noun)
The noun STAMPER has 3 senses:
1. a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
2. someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
Familiarity information: STAMPER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("stamper" is a kind of...):
working man; working person; workingman; workman (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)
Derivation:
stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stamper; stomper; tramper; trampler
Hypernyms ("stamper" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Derivation:
stamp (walk heavily)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A power tool that stamps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stamper; stamping machine
Context example:
a metal stamper
Hypernyms ("stamper" is a kind of...):
power tool (a tool driven by a motor)
Derivation:
stamp (form or cut out with a mold, form, or die)
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