'Editor' definitions:
Definition of 'editor'
(from WordNet)
noun
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) [syn: editor, editor in chief]
noun
(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data [syn: editor program, editor]
Definition of 'Editor'
From: GCIDE
- Editor \Ed"i*tor\, n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. ['e]diteur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'editor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- bibliognost,
- bibliographer,
- biblioklept,
- bibliolater,
- bibliomane,
- bibliomaniac,
- bibliopegist,
- bibliophage,
- bibliophile,
- bibliopole,
- bibliopolist,
- bibliotaph,
- bibliothec,
- bibliothecaire,
- bibliothecary,
- book agent,
- book collector,
- book printer,
- book publisher,
- book reviewer,
- book salesman,
- book-stealer,
- bookbinder,
- bookdealer,
- booklover,
- bookmaker,
- bookman,
- bookseller,
- bookworm,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- cataloger,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- chief librarian,
- cicerone,
- city editor,
- clarifier,
- cognoscente,
- collector,
- college editor,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- compiler,
- connoisseur,
- copy chief,
- copy editor,
- copyman,
- copyreader,
- correspondent,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- cub reporter,
- curator,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dictionary editor,
- dragoman,
- editor-in-chief,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- executive editor,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- faultfinder,
- feature editor,
- foreign correspondent,
- gazetteer,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- interviewer,
- journalist,
- juvenile editor,
- leader writer,
- leg man,
- lexicographer,
- librarian,
- library director,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- managing editor,
- metaphrast,
- muckraker,
- news analyst,
- news editor,
- newsman,
- newspaperman,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- oneirocritic,
- own correspondent,
- paragrapher,
- paragraphist,
- paraphrast,
- permissions editor,
- philobiblist,
- pressman,
- printer,
- production editor,
- publicist,
- publisher,
- reader,
- redactor,
- reference editor,
- reference librarian,
- reporter,
- reviewer,
- reviser,
- rewrite man,
- rewriter,
- scholiast,
- slotman,
- smellfungus,
- sob sister,
- social critic,
- special correspondent,
- sports editor,
- subeditor,
- textbook editor,
- textual critic,
- trade editor,
- translator,
- war correspondent,
- writer