zincographer, n.

zincographer
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincographernoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zincographer mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zincographer. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the noun zincographer?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0004
1860 | 0.0005
1870 | 0.0005
1880 | 0.0004
1890 | 0.0003
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0005
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0004
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### Where does the noun zincographer come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the noun zincographer is in the 1830s.

OED's only evidence for zincographer is from 1839, in a dictionary by Andrew Ure, chemist.

### Nearby entries

1. zincification, n. 1891–
2. zincify, v. 1801–
3. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
4. zincite, n. 1854–
5. zinckenite, n. 1835–
6. zinco, n. 1887–
7. zinco-, comb. form
8. zincode, n. 1839–
9. zincograph, n. 1888–
10. zincograph, v. 1865–
11. zincographer, n.1839–
12. zincographic, adj. 1850–
13. zincography, n. 1834–
14. zincoid, n. 1842–
15. zinc orange, n. 1918–
16. zincous, adj. 1842–
17. zinc-plate, n. 1823–
18. zinc-powder, n. 1881–
19. zinc roof, n. 1883–
20. zinc spar, n. 1796–
21. zinc-sponge, n. 1902–

## Meaning & use

1. 1839–
   One who practises zincography, an engraver on zinc.
   Stressed as zinˈcographer.
   1. 1839

      > Zinc is extensively employed for making..plates for the zincographer.

      A. Ure, Dictionary of Arts 1334
   engraving and etching
   1. zincographer 1839–
      One who practises zincography, an engraver on zinc.
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## Frequency

zincographer typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zincographer is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zincographer, n., 1840–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1840 | 0.0005
1850 | 0.0004
1860 | 0.0005
1870 | 0.0005
1880 | 0.0004
1890 | 0.0003
1900 | 0.0004
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0005
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0004
1950 | 0.0003
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0002
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

Originally published as part of the entry for zincography, n.

zincography, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.