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paperer

paperer

8.7
A person who puts wallpaper on walls as a job
  • noun
  • /ˈpeɪpərər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : empapelador
  • The paperer skillfully applied the wallpaper to the living room walls.

Examples

  • After hiring a paperer, the apartment looked completely refreshed with new patterns.

  • A professional paperer can transform any room with their beautiful wallpaper designs.

  • Well, maybe truck drivers do, or wall paperers, but not schoolteachers.

    The Boys in the Band (1970)

Synonyms

paperhanger
vspaperer
1 7.4

A person who hangs wallpaper on inside walls

is broader applying to decorating walls beyond interior building surfaces
wallpaperer
vspaperer
7.3

A person who hangs decorative paper on walls

is about decorating walls with decorative wall coverings rather than only hanging
wall-paperer
vspaperer
4.4

A person who puts wallpaper on walls to decorate rooms

is the modern unhyphenated form used the same way

Compounds

wall-paperer
4.4

A person who puts wallpaper on walls to decorate rooms

Surface Forms

paperer singular
paperers plural

Morphology

paperer = paper (transparent) = paper + er

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'paperer' is someone who papers walls.

Etymology

The word paperer comes from paper and the ending -er, the same ending you see in baker or teacher, meaning 'one who does'. So a paperer is simply someone who 'papers' walls, that is, who covers them with wallpaper.