editress

American  

[ed-i-tris] / ˈɛd ɪ trɪs /

noun

1. a woman employed in the work of editing.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of editress

First recorded in 1790–1800; edit(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

As editor—or “editress,” as she preferred to be addressed—Hale set out to publish American authors writing on American themes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her sister Maria to the Editress of the Isis.

From Project Gutenberg

Nora Farrar, the generally acknowledged poet laureate of the College, had been put down for a short poem of twelve lines, calculated exactly to fill half a page; but when she handed in her manuscript the dismayed editress found that it contained no less than seven verses.

From Project Gutenberg

The distracted editress had to be very stern in marking out passages which she considered were not strictly necessary, and insisting upon their omission.

From Project Gutenberg

From that to assuming the sentimental status, with the colonel's daughter in the title r�le, was a step that had already been taken by the society editress of the Brewster Banner in a veiled hint of a forthcoming "announcement" in which "the charming daughter of one of our oldest and most respected families" and "a brilliant young business man from the East" were to figure as the parties in interest.

From Project Gutenberg