subeditor

[suhb-ed-i-ter]

noun

1. a subordinate or junior editor.

2. British.,  a copyeditor.

subeditor

/ sʌbˈɛdɪtə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• subeditorial adjective
• subeditorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of subeditor¹

First recorded in 1825–35; sub- + editor

Example Sentences

From there she was invited to join Guardian as an arts subeditor by Alan Rusbridger, who was then its features editor.

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I had risen to being chief subeditor of a weekly magazine and was in charge of a small production team.

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If a submission is ultimately accepted, then our in-house team of expert subeditors will handle the final formatting.

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Nasrullah Khan, a subeditor for a local daily in Karachi, was taken from his home early Saturday by uniformed and plainclothes men and held incommunicado for two days.

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Khan works as a subeditor for a local daily in Karachi.

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