editor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who corrects and improves writing before it is published.

   The editor suggested several changes to my article.

2. 2
   noun

   A person in charge of a newspaper or magazine who decides what gets published.

   John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

3. 3
   noun

   A computer program used to create and change files, especially text.

   She wrote the code in a simple text editor.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).

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