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brailler

brailler

9.1
A person who writes braille text for people who cannot see
  • noun
  • /ˈbreɪlər/
translation icon : brailleador
  • The brailler carefully produced several copies of the textbook in braille for the new students.

Examples

  • He volunteers as a brailler, ensuring that blind children have the literature they need for school.

  • As a skilled brailler, she helps visually impaired students gain access to important texts in braille.

  • By the time she was in third grade, however, her fellow classmates had already gotten used to the sound of her brailler; they had already explored her braille books, the novelty of her cane had worn off, and Cara began to place her braille books on top of her desk as she read effortlessly and without embarrassment.

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

Braillewriter
vsbrailler
7.9

A person who copies print into raised dots for blind readers

has the same role but uses a different name form
braillist
vsbrailler
7.7

A person who reads and writes Braille for people with little or no sight

focuses only on producing raised-dot text rather than reading

Surface Forms

brailler singular
braillers plural

Morphology

brailler = braille (transparent) = braille + er

This is a regular agent noun formation: braille + -er means a person who writes or produces braille.

Etymology

Brailler comes from the name Braille plus the ending -er, which means 'one who'. Because Braille is the system of raised dots read by touch, a brailler is a person who writes or produces Braille text.