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copyeditor

American  
[kop-ee-ed-i-ter] / ˈkɒp iˌɛd ɪ tər /
Or copy editor

noun

  1. a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.

  2. a copyreader.

  3. Also called slot man.  the head copyreader on a newspaper.

Etymology

Origin of copyeditor

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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I catch things that even the copyeditor doesn’t catch when I’m reading out loud, and I have a good copyeditor.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2017

A copyeditor, a fact-checker, and a designer have at it, tweaking and vetting the story, and finally creating a cover image for it.

From Forbes • Jun. 26, 2014

For me personally, I ended up as a contract editor at CCS, a copyeditor for Toyota�s adverts, and a regular contributor to XLR8R, Slap, Transworld and URB.

From Time Magazine Archive

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