Definitions for editor
ˈɛd ɪ təred·i·tor

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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)

2. editor program, editor(noun)

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

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. editor(Noun)

   A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

2. editor(Noun)

   A copy editor.

3. editor(Noun)

   A person who edited a specific document.

4. editor(Noun)

   A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.

5. editor(Noun)

   A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

6. editor(Noun)

   A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

7. editor(Noun)

   Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Origin: From editionem ( editio) ‘a bringing forth, producing’, from perfect passive participle editus, from stem of verb edere, ‘bring forth, produce’, from ex-, ‘out’ + -dere, combining form of dare, ‘to give’; + noun of agent suffix -or.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Editor(noun)

   one who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication

Origin: [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. diteur.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Editor

   An editor in the professional or traditional sense is generally an individual who makes corrective changes, or edits, in the content or format of a creative work. Such works may deal with the literary arts, musical composition, film, radio programs, or other forms intended for publication or public presentation. The job of a professional editor can range from revising a particular work, such as the text of a book or magazine article, to supervising the publication and distribution of such a work, such as a newspaper or other printed and published materials. Editors are most often identified as those who work to prepare book manuscripts and newspapers for publication.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. editor

   1. A person employed on a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed. 2. A delicate instrument for observing the development and flowering of the deadly mediocre and encouraging its growth. 3. A seraphic embryon; a smooth bore; a bit of sandpaper applied to all forms of originality by the publisher-proprietor; an emictory.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'editor' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2582

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'editor' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4682

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'editor' in Nouns Frequency: #972

Anagrams for editor »

1. tie rod

2. rioted

3. dotier

4. triode

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of editor in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of editor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of editor in a Sentence

1. Pamela Anderson:

   Julian is an editor and a publisher.

2. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Become a motivator of writing, not the butcher of it; similarly, become an editor, not the copy editor.

3. Alvin Toffler:

   Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

4. Robertson Davies:

   He types his labored column -- weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn.

5. Elbert Hubbard:

   Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to see that the chaff is printed.

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