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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THEORETICAL

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