copyeditor
Americannoun
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a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
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a copyreader.
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Also called slot man. the head copyreader on a newspaper.
Etymology
Origin of copyeditor
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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I catch things that even the copyeditor doesn’t catch when I’m reading out loud, and I have a good copyeditor.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2017
A copyeditor, a fact-checker, and a designer have at it, tweaking and vetting the story, and finally creating a cover image for it.
From Forbes • Jun. 26, 2014
For me personally, I ended up as a contract editor at CCS, a copyeditor for Toyota�s adverts, and a regular contributor to XLR8R, Slap, Transworld and URB.
From Time Magazine Archive
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