1901*Rewrite man [see Compounds 1a]. 1928 B. Hecht & C. MacArthur ii. 72 Endicott calling. Gimme a rewrite man.
1960 R. St. John i. 12 I had been a rewrite man in Camden, New Jersey.
1973 2 Mar. 14/4 He is..the GLC's chief strategic planner and ‘rewrite man’ on planning policy.
2003 30 June 43/1 In between sit the rewrite men and the middle-aged veterans, who include, among others, ‘foreign correspondents who have been sent home to pasture’.