Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A device on a recording instrument by which the dot or trace is made.
  • noun One of the large rollers on a printing-press which apply the ink to the type.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, inks; especially, in printing, the pad or roller which inks the type.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person or device that applies ink.
  • noun In comic book production, a person who fills in material outlined by the comic book author.
  • noun A tattoo artist.

Etymologies

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ink +‎ -er

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