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Definition of editor

Nouns

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)

Synonyms:: editor in chief

Examples:: Thomas Bowdler
English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825); James McKeen Cattell
American psychologist and editor (1860-1944); Irving Howe
United States editor (1920-1993)

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; anthologist
an editor who makes selections for an anthology; art editor
an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter; copy editor, copyreader, text editor
an editor who prepares text for publication; subeditor
an assistant editor; bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator
a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; managing editor
the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine; newspaper editor
the editor of a newspaper; business editor
the newspaper editor responsible for business news; city editor
the newspaper editor in charge of editing local news; sports editor
the newspaper editor responsible for sports news; redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter
someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication; abbreviator, abridger
one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work

Type of:: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
a worker who has acquired special skills

(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

Synonyms:: editor program

Types:: linkage editor
an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules; text editor
(computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

Type of:: application, application program, applications programme
a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task