0 a person whose job is to arrange the letters, words, sentences, etc. of a book or a magazine before it is printed -- 排字工人，排版工人
I went into the pantry which was like a compositor's place, where they pull out the shelves.
We all know the old instance of the compositor who loses a finger: he can never return to his old occupation.
Compositors and piece-rate workers earn up to £50,000 a year.
The compositors and printers were not disposed to give copyright at all.
A typical pay slip for a compositor on a three-day week doing 24 hours is £700.
I stand by my assertion that entry into the compositors' union is not free.
It was traced to a compositor who had a grievance.
Strange guardians of the arcane, compositors got by, but have been swept aside by a new world.
