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copyreader

American  
[kop-ee-ree-der] / ˈkɒp iˌri dər /

noun

  1. an editor concerned with the preparation of copy for the typesetter and printer.

  2. Also called rim man. a person who edits copy and writes headlines for a newspaper.


copyreader British  
/ ˈkɒpɪˌriːdə /

noun

  1. a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of copyreader

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; copy + reader


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Ep Hoyt, who climbed from lowly copyreader to publisher of the conservative Portland Oregonian in twelve years, was changing the Post's ways slowly, but in one year he had done a lot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next man to take the witness chair was Melvin L. Barnet, New York Times copyreader since 1953, who had also been named by CBS-man Burdett.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alden Whitman, 42, a Times copyreader since 1951, admitted having been a Communist from 1935 through 1948, but refused to name any other party members.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

After the story is written it is turned over to the copyreader to be edited.

From Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing by Grant Milnor Hyde

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