EDITOR

editor, editor in chief

(noun) a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

editor (plural editors)

A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

A copy editor.

A person who edited a specific document.

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

(computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Anagrams

• doiter, dotier, rioted, tie rod, tierod, triode

Source: Wiktionary


Ed"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. éditeur.]

Definition: One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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