editor
Pronunciation: /ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/
The English word “editor” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
- A copy editor.
- A person who edited a specific document.
- A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
- A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
- A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
- 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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