Definition of editor Editor

/ɛˈdʌtɚ/ - [eduter] - ed•i•tor

We found 14 definitions of editor from 5 different sources.

What does editor mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: editors
editor - 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)
		editor in chief
		skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills
		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; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
		managing editor the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine
		newspaper editor the editor of a newspaper
		redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
editor - (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
		editor program
		application program, applications programme, application the action of putting something into operation; "the application of maximum thrust"; "massage has far-reaching medical applications"; "the application of indexes to tables of data"
		computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
		linkage editor an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules

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Wiktionary

editor (Noun)
A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
editor (Noun)
A copy editor .
editor (Noun)
A person who edited a specific document.
editor (Noun)
A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
editor (Noun)
A machine used for editing cutting and splicing movie film.
editor (Noun)
A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text file s.
editor (Noun)
Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

editor (n.)
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

editor
A person who edits or makes changes to documents, or who has edited a particular document.
editor
A person at a newspaper or similar institution who edits stories and decides which ones to publish.
editor
Program for creating and making changes to files.