subeditor
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
subeditor (plural subeditors)
- An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.
- (UK) A copy editor at a newspaper or magazine.
- 1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 96:
- Sub-editors. Bastards. What about all that copy of his they'd cut? Fifteen years of research he'd filed from one planet alone and they'd cut it to two words. ‘Mostly harmless.’
Derived terms
Translations
an assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper
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copy editor — see copy editor
Further reading
- “subeditor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “subeditor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “subeditor”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- “subeditor”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “subeditor” (US) / “subeditor” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
subeditor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of subedō
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subediˈtoɾ/ [su.β̞e.ð̞iˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: su‧be‧di‧tor
Noun
subeditor m (plural subeditores, feminine subeditora, feminine plural subeditoras)