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English
Etymology
From enlarge + -er.
Noun
enlarger (plural enlargers)
- Any device that makes something bigger, or makes it appear bigger.
a penis enlarger
- (photography) An optical device used to make enlarged prints from a photographic negative
- (rare) One who enlarges.
1880 October, Archibald Duff, “The History of Research Concerning the Structure of the O. T. Historical Books”, in Edwards A[masa] Park, editor, The Bibliotheca Sacra, volume XXXVII, number 148, Andover: Warren F. Draper; London: Trübner and Company, page 735:In like manner the original book closes, at xxix. 1, with a subscription; and a few additional chapters follow, added by the enlarger of the book.
1996, Suzanne W Hull, “Preparing Food”, in Women According to Men: The World of Tudor-Stuart Women, Walnut Creek, London, New Delhi: AltaMira Press, →ISBN, page 164:Muffett’s book was not a recipe book, but the credentials of its author (as well as those of the book’s “enlarger”) put him in the rare position of being a qualified English physician writing for a lay audience on paramedical matters.
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Translations
optical device used to make enlarged prints