papermaker

English

Etymology

From paper +‎ maker.

Noun

papermaker (plural papermakers)

1. A person or company that makes paper.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A person who gathers rags to sell.

Derived terms

• papermakering

Related terms

• papermaking

Translations

a person that makes paper

• Arabic: وَرَّاق (warrāq), مُوَرِّق m (muwarriq)
• Esperanto: paperfaristo
• French: papetier (fr) m
• Ido: paperifisto (io), paperisto (io)
• Latin: chartarius m
• Polish: papiernik m pers, papierniczka f
• Swedish: pappersmakare (sv) c

References

• (rag-gatherer): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary