typograph noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(historical) A machine for setting type or for casting lines of type and setting them. verb1 •To prepare type in such a machine.It is the merest chance in the world whether you’re born a countess or a washerwoman. I’m neither one nor t’other; I’m only a mot who does a little typographing by way of variety. — 1851 formstypographed · typographing · typographs