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EDITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("editor" is a kind of...):
application; application program; applications programme (a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "editor"):
linkage editor (an editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modules)
text editor ((computer science) an application that can be used to create and view and edit text files)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
Synonyms:
editor; editor in chief
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("editor" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "editor"):
anthologist (an editor who makes selections for an anthology)
art editor (an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter)
copy editor; copyreader; text editor (an editor who prepares text for publication)
subeditor (an assistant editor)
bowdleriser; bowdlerizer; expurgator (a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages)
managing editor (the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine)
newspaper editor (the editor of a newspaper)
redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)
Instance hyponyms:
Bowdler; Thomas Bowdler (English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825))
Cattell; James McKeen Cattell (American psychologist and editor (1860-1944))
Howe; Irving Howe (United States editor (1920-1993))
Derivation:
edit (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)
editorial (relating to or characteristic of an editor)
editorship (the position of editor)
Context examples:
For example, if you’re writing a book, your editor will be worth her weight in gold.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The editors were afraid of him and the publishers would have none of him.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I always liked McArdle, the crabbed, old, round-backed, red-headed news editor, and I rather hoped that he liked me.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
At the end of the month, he went over to San Francisco and personally called upon the editor.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
If you are not the writer, editor, or producer of the assignment, you might be the subject of thrilling publicity—the kind that puts your name in lights in your industry.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The news editor smiled grimly.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With a few interruptions, they had kept this up for a year, and met every Saturday evening in the big garret, on which occasions the ceremonies were as follows: Three chairs were arranged in a row before a table on which was a lamp, also four white badges, with a big 'P.C.' in different colors on each, and the weekly newspaper called, The Pickwick Portfolio, to which all contributed something, while Jo, who reveled in pens and ink, was the editor.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But he did not feel so kindly toward the editor of the San Francisco Examiner.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
If you are an editor, you’ll be very busy.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
