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 [ˈɛdɪtə]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a person who edits written material for publication

2. (Business / Professions) a person in overall charge of the editing and often the policy of a newspaper or periodical

3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a person in charge of one section of a newspaper or periodical the sports editor

4. (Performing Arts) Films

a.  a person who makes a selection and arrangement of individual shots in order to construct the flowing sequence of images for a film

b.  a device for editing film, including a viewer and a splicer

5. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Television Radio a person in overall control of a programme that consists of various items, such as a news or magazine style programme

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a computer program that facilitates the deletion or insertion of data within information already stored in a computer

[from Late Latin: producer, exhibitor, from ēdere to give out, publish, from ē- out + dāre to give]

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

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editor

noun compiler, writer, journalist, reviser the editor of a women's magazine

Translations

editor [ˈedɪtəʳ] N [of newspaper, magazine] → director(a) m/f; (= publisher's editor) → redactor(a) m/f (Cine, TV) → montador(a) m/f, editor(a) m/f (Rad) → editor(a) m/f
editor's note → nota f de la redacción
the sports editor → el/la redactor(a)de la sección de deportes

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editor [ˈɛdɪtə^r] n

(= journalist) → rédacteur/trice m/f
literary editor → rédacteur/trice m/f littéraire
economics editor → rédacteur/trice m/f en économie politique

(= director of newspaper) → rédacteur/trice m/f en chef

[anthology, edition] → éditeur/trice m/f; [text] → éditeur/trice m/f

(also film editor) → monteur/euse m/f

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editor

n (of text, newspaper, magazine, series, author) → Herausgeber(in) m(f); (publisher’s) → (Verlags)lektor(in) m(f); (Film) → Cutter(in) m(f); (Comput) → Editor m; political editor → politischer Redakteur m, → politische Redakteurin f; sports editor → Sportredakteur(in) m(f); editor in chief → Herausgeber(in) m(f); (of newspaper) → Chefredakteur(in) m(f); the editors in our educational department → die Redaktion unserer Schulbuchabteilung; the editor of this passage obviously misunderstood → der, der diese Stelle redigierte, hat offensichtlich nicht richtig verstanden

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editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] n (of newspaper, magazine, managing director) → direttore/trice; (editorial director) → redattore/trice capo; (of section of newspaper, magazine) → redattore/trice; (publisher's editor, of series) → editore/trice; (of text) → redattore/trice; (of author's work) → curatore/trice; (film editor) → responsabile m/f del montaggio

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editor [ˈɛdɪtəʳ] n (of newspaper, magazine, managing director) → direttore/trice; (editorial director) → redattore/trice capo; (of section of newspaper, magazine) → redattore/trice; (publisher's editor, of series) → editore/trice; (of text) → redattore/trice; (of author's work) → curatore/trice; (film editor) → responsabile m/f del montaggio

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editor → مُحَرِر redaktor redaktør Herausgeber επιμελητής έκδοσης editor toimittaja éditeur urednik redattore 編集者 편집자 redacteur redaktør edytor editor редактор redaktör บรรณาธิการ editör biên tập viên 编辑