Redactor

re·dact  (r-dkt)

tr.v. re·dact·ed, re·dact·ing, re·dacts

1. To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example).

2. To make ready for publication; edit or revise.

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[Middle English redacten, from Latin redigere, redct-, to drive back : re-, red-, re- + agere, to drive; see act.]

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re·dactor (-dktr, -tôr) n.

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Noun

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redactor - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication redact, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter abbreviator, abridger - one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work editor, editor in chief - 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)