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Mergenthaler

mer·gent·ha·ler

uncommon

noun

1.

United States inventor (born in Germany) of the Linotype machine (1854-1899)

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Origin

Borrowed from German Mergenthaler, variant of Morgenthaler. From Morgen (morning) + Thal (obsolete spelling of Tal, "valley") + -er (equivalent to English demonym-former -er).

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