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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.

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.editoreditor - 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)
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
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 nRedakteur(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


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