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subeditor

American  
[suhb-ed-i-ter] / sʌbˈɛd ɪ tər /

noun

  1. a subordinate or junior editor.

  2. British. a copyeditor.


subeditor British  
/ sʌbˈɛdɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who checks and edits copy, esp on a newspaper

"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

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Etymology

Origin of subeditor

First recorded in 1825–35; sub- + editor

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As a subeditor reminded me, “That’s what happens when you try and get down with the kids.”

From The Guardian Dec. 23, 2017

Mary Abraham is a biological sciences subeditor at Nature.

From Nature Jul. 11, 2013

Dinah Loon is a physical sciences subeditor at Nature, London.

From Nature Jul. 11, 2013

Educated at Oxford, she works as a freelance magazine subeditor and won the John Muir Trust wild writing prize in 2010.

From The Guardian Jan. 26, 2013

The busy bookseller of Fleet Street had no time to play the cicerone; therefore, on the morning after Clare's arrival, he delivered him formally over to Mr. Thomas Hood, subeditor of the 'London Magazine.'

From The Life of John Clare by Frederick Martin

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