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.

   Etymology: 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.

2. editor(Noun)

   A copy editor.

   Etymology: 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.

3. editor(Noun)

   A person who edited a specific document.

   Etymology: 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.

4. editor(Noun)

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

   Etymology: 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.

5. editor(Noun)

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

   Etymology: 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.

6. editor(Noun)

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

   Etymology: 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.

7. editor(Noun)

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

   Etymology: 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

   Etymology: [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(1.00 / 1 vote)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.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. editor

   A person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, knowledge, qualifications, skills and training to edit a variety of data, facts, information, proof, research, statistics and documents.

   Newspaper editors have a role to play within a newspaper, therefore it is wise they have the accurate and specific ability, professional experience, qualifications, training and skills to perform their role.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2017  

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. Lavina Goodell:

   Critics are by no means the end of the law. Do not think all is over with you because you articles are rejected. It may be that the editor has his drawer full, or that he does not know enough to appreciate you, or you have not gained a reputation, or he is not in a mood to be pleased. A critic's judgment is like that of any intelligent person. If he has experience, he is capable of judging whether a book will sell. That is all.

2. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli:

   Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli defended the scathing editorial on Sunday. Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli said in an interview with CBSFace The Nation that Trumps support of causes important to the evangelical community can no longer excuse Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli actions in other areas and said Timothy Dalrymple is morally unfit to occupy the Oval Office. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I am making a moral judgment that Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli is morally unfitor, even more precisely, its Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli public morality that makes Christianity Today editor-in-chief Mark Galli unfit.

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

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

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   If you are jobless, you have not the proper ability even you can't reach a cleaning job, join Wikipedia, and become an editor. You may knock all the educated figures, lawyers, professional journalists, academics, and specialists of the various subjects down by the Wikipedia rules and policies that contradict each other. You have a useful weapon, which is called the consensus. Your friends can support you to win all disputes. You can change wrong to right and right to wrong. You can decide the reliability and the assessment of subjects; however, no matter you qualify for that or not. You have multiple tools for harassing others. That means Wikipedia.

5. Jacquelyne Froeber:

   I was recruited from Des Moines to be the editor-in-chief of Celebrated Living and also the senior editor for American Way, the opportunity to come to Dallas and be a part of this brand and its voice was so exciting for anyone like me in a creative job. It was a dream job, to be able to start something from the bottom up and give it a voice and make it as great as you possibly can. It was a dream opportunity.

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