English

pressworker

From press + worker.

A compound of press + worker

Latin premō ‘to press’

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Latin pressō ‘to press’

Old French presser ‘to press’

Old French presse

Middle English presse ‘throng, crowd, clothespress’

English press

Middle English worchere ‘one who works’

Today it means

noun A person employed to press or draw with dies or presses.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / pressworker