sub-editorn.
/ˌsʌbˈɛdᵻtə/, /ˈsʌbˌɛdᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbˈɛdədər/ A person who sub-edits; a subordinate editor, esp. one who works on a newspaper; a copy editor.
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1811 W. Mudford Life Paul Plaintive I. vii. 104 He still continued his avocations as sub-editor.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. iii. 25 Clerk Tallien, he also is become sub-editor; shall become able editor.
1882 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 44 933/2 Would you like to go on forever as the sub-editor of the Cork Chronicle?
1941 P. Carr Eng. are like That vi. 181 News-getters, reporters and subeditors describe themselves [as newspaper men] in proud distinction from the journalist himself.
1989 J. B. Barbour Discov. Dynamics p. xiv Finally, I should like to thank my sub-editor..who has had to cope with substantial late revisions.
2007 Esquire Sept. 102/1 In my first week as a starry-eyed business journalist, a battle-hardened chief sub-editor put his arm round my shoulder and offered some advice.
Derivatives
ˌsub-ˈeditorship n. the position of sub-editor.
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > editor of journal or newspaper > [noun] > sub-editor > position of
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1811 W. Mudford Life Paul Plaintive I. vii. 100 This transition from horn-blower to the sub-editorship of a newspaper, did not occupy above six months.
1998 S. Morris & J. Hallwood Living with Eagles x. 140 When a sub-editorship became vacant I applied for the job.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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