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Meaning of EDITOR

Pronunciation:  'editur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
  2. [n]  a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication
 
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 Synonyms: editor program
 
 See Also: anthologist, application, application program, applications programme, art editor, Bowdler, copy editor, copyreader, linkage editor, managing editor, newspaper editor, redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter, skilled worker, subeditor, text editor, text editor, Thomas Bowdler, trained worker

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ed"i*tor\, n. [L., that which produces, from edere to
publish: cf. F. ['e]diteur.]
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends,
revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc.,
for publication.
 
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