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Proto-Germanic *stampijaną?

English stamper

From stamp + -er.

stamper (plural stampers)

  1. One who stamps.
  2. An instrument for pounding or stamping.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 211:
      The best crushing seasons had to be wasted, for this reason - for months the busy din of the stampers was not to be heard, the machinery lay idle, and the only thing those men who were able to hold on for better times could do was to see, at all events, they were not left without a sufficient supply of food.
  3. A physical template from which many identical vinyl records or compact discs can be produced.

one who stamps

From Middle Dutch stamper. By surface analysis, stampen +‎ -er.

stamper m (plural stampers, diminutive stampertje n)

  1. agent noun of stampen: one who stamps, pounds or presses
  2. (botany) pistil (reproductive organ of certain plants)
  3. (cooking) pestle (stick used for crushing and grinding)
    Coordinate term: vijzel
  4. (military, historical) ramrod, gunstick
    Synonym: laadstok
  5. (construction) compactor, such as those used to compact soil

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch stamper.

stamper (plural **stamper-stamper)

  1. (construction) rammer
    Stamper digunakan untuk memadatkan tanah dan menghaluskan permukaan tanah pada area yang sempit, seperti jalan setapak, atau lantai kerja.
    Rammers are used to compact soil and smooth the surface of the soil in narrow areas, such as walkways or work floors.