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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

Example Sentences

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Alys, Always by Harriet Lane Newspaper subeditor Frances is drawn into the lives of the Kyte family when she hears the last words of the victim of a car crash, Alys Kyte.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2019

Dinah Loon is a physical-sciences subeditor at Nature.

From Nature • Dec. 6, 2016

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

From Nature • Jul. 11, 2013

He went on to hold a number of different production positions, including deputy chief subeditor, assistant night editor, night editor and assistant editor, and worked alongside former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2012

In the first place, an able editor had to be found; and, perhaps of almost equal importance, an able subeditor.

From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel

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