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copyreader

American  
[kop-ee-ree-der] / ˈkɒp iˌri dər /

noun

  1. an editor concerned with the preparation of copy for the typesetter and printer.

  2. Also called rim man.  a person who edits copy and writes headlines for a newspaper.


copyreader British  
/ ˈkɒpɪˌriːdə /

noun

  1. a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of copyreader

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; copy + reader

Example Sentences

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Until his death he worked as a copyreader for the government's foreign-language publishing house in Budapest.

From Time Magazine Archive

After getting a master's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, he was hired by the Minneapolis Tribune as a copyreader, finally argued his way into a reporting job.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chancellor was an Eton and Cambridge man who started out as a copyreader in Reuters' London office, spent eight years as correspondent at Shanghai.

From Time Magazine Archive

Winans rose quickly after leaving the Trentonian in 1981 to become a $379-a-week copyreader at the Dow Jones News Service, a Journal affiliate.

From Time Magazine Archive

A copyreader might not find it perfect, for the assault is allotted too much space and the pursuit too little, but it tells the story in its baldest aspect.

From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Hyde, Grant Milnor

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