editornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈed.ɪ.tər/us/ˈed.ɪ.t̬ɚ/B2 a person who corrects or changes pieces of text or films before they are printed or shown, or a person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine:
She's a senior editor in the reference department of a publishing company.
Who is the current editor of the Times?
More examples
- She has just been fired as editor of the newspaper.
- He fired off an angry letter to the editor.
- When she left college, she got a job as an editor in a publishing company.
- He became editor of the legendary Irish journal 'The Bell'.
- The paper's editor has apologized unreservedly to the senator.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who work in publishing
- agent
- anthology
- bookbinder
- compositor
- illustrator
- proofreader
- publisher
- reader
- reviewer
- syndicate
- vanity press
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