editor

ed·i·tor  (d-tr)

n.

1. One who edits, especially as an occupation.

2. One who writes editorials.

3. A device for editing film, consisting basically of a splicer and viewer.

4. Computer Science A program used to edit text or data files.

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[Late Latin ditor, publisher, from Latin ditus, past participle of dere, to publish; see edit.]

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editor

Noun

1. a person who edits

2. a person in overall charge of a newspaper or magazine

3. a person in charge of one section of a newspaper or magazine: the Political Editor

4. a person in overall control of a television or radio programme [Latin edere to publish]

editorship n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 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 skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	2.	editor - (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data editor program computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures application program, applications programme, application - a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different word processing applications" linkage editor - an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules text editor - (computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files

Translations

editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] n [of newspaper] → director(a) m/f [of book] → redactor(a) m/f (= film editor); montador(a) m/f

editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] edit n [of newspaper] → rédacteur/trice, rédacteur/trice en chef;

(of sb's work) → éditeur/trice;

(also: film editor) → monteur/euse;

political/ foreign editor → rédacteur politique/au service étranger

editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] edit n → Redakteur(in) m(f);

(of newspaper, magazine) → Herausgeber(in) m(f);

(of book) → Lektor(in) m(f);

(Cine, Radio, TV) → Cutter(in) m(f)

editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] n (in newspaper) → redattore/trice; redattore/trice capo; [of sb's work] → curatore/trice (= film editor); responsabile m/f del montaggio