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editor

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈed.ɪ.tər/ US  /-t̬ɚ/

Definition

B2 a person who corrects or changes pieces of text or films before they are printed or shown, or a person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine: She's a senior editor in the reference department of a publishing company. Who is the current editor of the Times?People who work in publishingProduction, direction and recording
(Definition of editor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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