city editor
Americannoun
-
a newspaper editor in charge of local news and assignments to reporters.
-
British. Also City editor. a newspaper or magazine editor in charge of the financial and commercial news.
noun
-
the editor in charge of financial and commercial news
-
the editor in charge of local news
Etymology
Origin of city editor
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
When they learned that I had once been a city editor at a daily newspaper near their home in northern Wisconsin, everyone started excitedly telling me their own story.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024
Hoge’s meteoric rise began at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1958, first as a Washington correspondent, then, at age 29, as city editor, followed three years later by his appointment as managing editor.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023
Back at the near-empty office, the Breeze’s city editor Frank Suraci worried he wouldn’t be able to get out the next day’s paper.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023
After graduation, he was hired by The Clearwater Sun, where he eventually became city editor.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
“My city editor just told me that that Erlone fellow won’t leave jail.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
