night editor
- an editor responsible for getting a morning newspaper to press, for the night operations of a wire service, or the like.
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Origin of night editor
First recorded in 1865–70
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The report passed the World night-editor, and appeared, next morning.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Well, then, you may be the night-editor, but you sound exactly like that fresh reporter who 128 spoke to me a moment ago.
Polly in New YorkLillian Elizabeth Roy