editor
//ˈɛd.ɪ.tə//
Forms
- Plural
- editors
Definitions
1.A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
2.A person who edited a specific document.
- John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
3.A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- John is the city editor at the Daily Times.
4.A copy editor.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1249
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin ēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Medieval Latin ēditorder.
English editor
From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).