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.

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copyreader British  

/ ˈkɒpɪˌriːdə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of copyreader

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

Example Sentences

British-born Eric Hawkins, who hired on as a copyreader in 1915 after abandoning a vain ambition to box, played up the New York markets, banking on the hunch that this was "must" reading to tourists.

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

Stauffer cubbed on the Emporia Gazette, became a reporter and copyreader on the Kansas City Star, where he worked five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

After getting a master's degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, he was hired by the Minneapolis Tribune as a copyreader, finally argued his way into a reporting job.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a moment he felt himself to be a copyreader again on the New York Enterprise.

From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Marquis, Don