Definition of Sorter

1. Noun. A clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office).

Generic synonyms: Clerk
Derivative terms: Sort

2. Noun. A machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes.
Generic synonyms: Machine
Specialized synonyms: Mailsorter
Derivative terms: Sort

Definition of Sorter

1. n. One who, or that which, sorts.

Definition of Sorter

1. Noun. A person employed to sort. ¹

2. Noun. A machine made to sort. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorter

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorter

sorta
sortable
sortably
sortal
sortals
sortance
sortances
sortase
sortases
sortation
sortations
sorte
sorted
sorted oneself out
sorted out
sorter (current term)
sorters
sortes
sortie
sortied
sortieing
sorties
sortilege
sortileges
sortilegious
sorting
sorting algorithm
sorting algorithms
sorting oneself out
sorting out

Literary usage of Sorter

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

1. The Ohio Law Journal (1883)
"That the sum loaned to said sorter was the full sum oí two thousand five ... And that said loan was made upon the verbal agreement of said sorter ami said ..."

2. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"The Lining sorter. There is usually, also, a sorter of the various kinds of cloth, ... The lining sorter must usually have had training in a textile school. ..."

3. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"The Lining sorter. There is usually, also, a sorter of the various kinds of cloth, ... The lining sorter must usually have had training in a textile school. ..."

4. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"The Lining sorter. There is usually, also, a sorter of the various kinds of cloth, ... The lining sorter must usually have had training in a textile school. ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Will Finney went right behind him, sorter to one side, and Wattle was ahead of him, ... Will Finney dropped sorter on the side of Wattle, and, when he did, ..."

6. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1922)
"The Lining sorter. There is usually, also, a sorter of the various kinds of cloth, ... The lining sorter must usually have had training in a textile school. ..."

7. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"They were traced from the "P" *u^ln hands of the writer of them into the possession of the prisoner as a sorter oís",, eo^t letters; and it was proved by ..."

8. Employment Opportunities for Handicapped Men in the Coppersmithing Trade by Bert Jasper Morris (1918)
"The head sorter directs the work of his assistant sorters, ... The Leather sorter. The cutting room tags call for special kinds of leather for the various ..."

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