guest editor

[gest ed-i-ter]

noun

1. a person who is invited to collect and prepare content for a single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast.

   He recently served as guest editor of a special journal issue on secure communications.

Other Word Forms

• guest-edit verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of guest editor¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

"I think the problem is, is that the courage has gone out of broadcasting really, and there's just too much risk aversion," Sir Phil told the show's guest editor Sir Sajid Javid on Friday.

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Andrew Malkinson is guest editor of BBC Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme on 29 December.

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Asked by BBC Radio 4 Today programme guest editor James May if an autonomous car driving him from the pub was a fantasy, Ford BlueCruise director Charles Nolan said the technology was "certainly not there now".

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Hanif Kureishi is guest editor of the Boxing Day episode of BBC Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme.

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A year on, he joined BBC Radio 4's Today programme as a guest editor and described the accident's profound impact on his life.

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