Synonyms for engraver


Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-greyv
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgreɪv


Définition of engraver

Origin :
  • 1580s, agent noun from engrave.
  • noun graver
Example sentences :
  • Two only bear marks which are supposed to be those of the engraver.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • One of them had the appearance of an amateur, the other was an artist, an engraver.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The authoress was pleased, and the block was sent to the engraver.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
  • The engraver, however, cannot have done full justice to the originals.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • Unfortunately the engraver, John Fougeron, was little more than an amateur.
  • Extract from : « John Baptist Jackson » by Jacob Kainen
  • The engraver may be trusted to know the style and stock most in use.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • And who is this handsome man to whom the engraver has given a lease of fame?
  • Extract from : « The Best Portraits in Engraving » by Charles Sumner
  • From this time forth, however, one hears less of the engraver and more of the artist.
  • Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang
  • Ten years later she was able to support herself as an engraver.
  • Extract from : « Girls and Women » by Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}
  • In an engraver's shop on the boulevard there is an Italian print of one of the Muses.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert

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