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REWRITER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

Synonyms:

redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rewriter" is a kind of...):

editor; editor in chief (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))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rewriter"):

abbreviator; abridger (one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work)

Derivation:

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

rewrite (rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose)

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