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n. - A printmaker who prints from a type of printing plate; A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching.

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  • The engraver is the medium by which art in the palace is conveyed into the humblest homes in the kingdom.
  • A word, the engraver was a man of a more common stamp -- more timid and more conventional than the painter.
  • Minna and wished to marry her, he met with opposition in his own family, who thought that the 'engraver's mamsell' was not good enough for him.
  • WILLIAM HOWISON, A.R.S.A., a well-known line engraver, died in
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