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Webster 1913 Edition

Editor

Ed′i-tor

,
Noun.
[L., that which produces, from
edere
to publish: cf. F.
éditeur
.]
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Webster 1828 Edition

Editor

ED'ITOR

,
Noun.
[L. from edo, to publish.] A publisher; particularly, a person who superintends an impression of a book; the person who revises, corrects and prepares a book for publication; as Erasmus, Scaliger, &c.
1.
One who superintends the publication of a newspaper.

Definition 2025

Editor

Editor

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German

Noun

Editor m ‎(genitive Editors, plural Editoren)

  1. editor

Synonyms

editor

editor

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English

Alternative forms

Noun

editor ‎(plural editors)

  1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  2. A copy editor.
  3. A person who edited a specific document.
    • John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.
  4. 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.
  5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  6. (computer software) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
    • The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.
  7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Translations

program for modifying text files

Derived terms

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/editor

Catalan

Noun

editor m ‎(plural editors)

  1. editor

Czech

Noun

editor m

  1. editor (computer program)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛdɪtɔr/

Etymology

From English editor.

Noun

editor m ‎(plural editors, diminutive editortje n)

  1. editor (computer program to edit text documents)

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō ‎(“I eat”).

Verb

editor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of edō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō ‎(“I dispatch”).

Verb

ēditor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of ēdō

References

Portuguese

Noun

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

  1. editor (person who edits)
  2. publisher (one who publishes, especially books)
  3. (computer software) editor (program for modifying text files)

Related terms

Spanish

Noun

editor m ‎(plural editores, feminine editora)

  1. editor

Related terms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor[1], from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō ‎(“to give out, put forth, publish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/

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