Definition of Inker

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

Definition of Inker

1. Noun. A person or device that applies ink. ¹

2. Noun. In comic book production, a person who fills in material outlined by the comic book author. ¹

3. Noun. A tattoo artist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inker

1. one that inks [n -S] - See also: inks

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inker

ink pad
ink pads
ink slinger
ink well
ink wells
inkball
inkberries
inkberry
inkblot
inkblot test
inkblots
inkbottle
inke
inked
inker (current term)
inkers
inkfish
inkfishes
inkhorn
inkhorn term
inkhornism
inkhornisms
inkhorns
inkhosi
inkier
inkiest
inkily
inkiness
inkinesses

Literary usage of Inker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Telegraphy: A Detailed Exposition of the Telegraph System of the British by Thomas Ernest Herbert (1906)
"A local inker is sometimes used instead of a sounder, and occasionally it is ... (i5) is similar to the direct inker, but is minus key and galvanometer, ..."

2. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., and His Times by Alexander Charles Ewald (1882)
"Then followed the battle of Balaclava, with its memorable charge of the Light Brigade, and the victory of inker- mann. Half mad with rage and despair, ..."

3. The Annals of Bristol in the Seventeenth Century by John Latimer (1900)
"In August, 1 ft 4, an additional country inker was suffered to trade, but, as before, the '• foreign ..."

4. Scientific & Technical Papers of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1895)
"... MORSE inker.* With the usual old Morse inkers, the clockwork of which is set in motion by a weight, the necessary uniform motion of the paper strip ..."

5. Scientific & Technical Papers of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1895)
"... MORSE inker.* With the usual old Morse inkers, the clockwork of which is set in motion by a weight, the necessary uniform motion of the paper strip ..."

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