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.

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copyreader British  

/ ˈkɒpɪˌriːdə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of copyreader

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

Example Sentences

Alden Whitman, 42, a Times copyreader since 1951, admitted having been a Communist from 1935 through 1948, but refused to name any other party members.

From Time Magazine Archive

British-born Eric Hawkins, who hired on as a copyreader in 1915 after abandoning a vain ambition to box, played up the New York markets, banking on the hunch that this was "must" reading to tourists.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new copyreader and sometime rewrite man on the Wall Street Journal was having a hard time establishing his identity.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He was a hell of a good copyreader," recalls his friend Lee Miller, who now, as managing editor of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, sometimes refers to himself as "vice president in charge of Ernie Pyle."

From Time Magazine Archive

The copyreader corrects it and writes the headlines or heads; then he sends it to the composing room to be set in type by the compositor.

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