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stamper

/ˈstæmpə/STAM-pur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈstæmpɚ/STAM-pur

Meaningone that stamps

Common meaning: a person or tool that stamps

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishstempensourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishstampensource
  3. Englishstamp‘to bring the foot down hard’
  4. Englishformed in English from stampstamper‘a person or tool that stamps’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from stamp + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STAMP, p.590 · scan

Source words

  • stempen Old English · source word “pounding, crushing”

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