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editor

Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/

The English word “editor” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
  2. A copy editor.
  3. A person who edited a specific document.
  4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
  5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
  6. A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
  7. Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

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