stamper

stamp +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstæmpɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstæmpə/

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• Rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)

stamper (plural stampers)

1. One who stamps.
2. An instrument for pounding or stamping.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 211:

     The best crushing seasons had to be wasted, for this reason - for months the busy din of the stampers was not to be heard, the machinery lay idle, and the only thing those men who were able to hold on for better times could do was to see, at all events, they were not left without a sufficient supply of food.

3. A physical template from which many identical vinyl records or compact discs can be produced.

• emparts, restamp, tampers

From Middle Dutch stamper. Equivalent to stampen +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑm.pər/

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• Hyphenation: stam‧per

stamper m (plural stampers, diminutive stampertje n)

1. pistil (reproductive organ of certain plants)
2. pestle (stick used for crushing and grinding)