editress

[ ed-i-tris ]

noun

1. a woman employed in the work of editing.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of editress¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; edit(o)r + -ess

Example Sentences

In 1974, when she was named managing editor, the staff cheered and made a mock front page saluting her appointment as “managing editress.”

From Washington Times

As editor—or “editress,” as she preferred to be addressed—Hale set out to publish American authors writing on American themes.

From Wall Street Journal

Her sister Maria to the Editress of the Isis.

From Project Gutenberg

Nora Farrar, the generally acknowledged poet laureate of the College, had been put down for a short poem of twelve lines, calculated exactly to fill half a page; but when she handed in her manuscript the dismayed editress found that it contained no less than seven verses.

From Project Gutenberg

The distracted editress had to be very stern in marking out passages which she considered were not strictly necessary, and insisting upon their omission.

From Project Gutenberg