noun
Etymology
Origin of copyreader
Example Sentences
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The New York Times thought so last fall when it sacked Jack Shafer, 44, a copyreader on the Times's Foreign Desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the news desk of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Carl Braden, 40, was a quiet, efficient copyreader whose work in the office never gave his employers any cause for complaint.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He was a hell of a good copyreader," recalls his friend Lee Miller, who now, as managing editor of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, sometimes refers to himself as "vice president in charge of Ernie Pyle."
From Time Magazine Archive
One of our colleagues does not play, and he has appointed me his copyreader on all golf stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
The usual copyreader, when he closes his eyes and smiles upon a pleasant inward vision, is thinking of starting a chicken-farm in New Jersey.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Marquis, Don
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