Editor
['edɪtə] or ['ɛdɪtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine).
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Conductor (of a literary work).
Checker: Vernon
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos Rhadamanthus and Aeacus but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild melodious lay soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos.
Typist: Loretta
Examples
- She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Oh, Goodwin,' observed Mrs. Pott, 'does he mean to horsewhip the editor of the _Independent_--does he, Goodwin? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Prentice, then editor of the Courier-Journal, and Mr. Tyler, of the Associated Press. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yet what editor ever took to task a lady whose friends were on the spot? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The new-comer was introduced to Mr. Pickwick as Mr. Pott, the editor of the Eatanswill _Gazette_. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Oh, you naughty man,' exclaimed Mrs. Leo Hunter, playfully tapping the editor's arm with her fan (Minerva with a fan! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- One day my editor wished to have a series of articles upon begging in the metropolis, and I volunteered to supply them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At this juncture the editor of the Century Magazine asked me to write a few articles for him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Pickwick withdrew, and returning with his friends, presented them in due form to the editor of the Eatanswill _Gazette_. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the early telegraph days I remember going with him to see Mackay in 'The Impecunious Country Editor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Meanwhile, the town opinion about the new editor of the Pioneer was tending to confirm Mr. Casaubon's view. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In one instance the resentment of the victim of such unsought publicity was so intense he laid hands on Edison and pitched the startled young editor into the St. Clair River. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- HERON FOSTER, editor of a Pittsburgh journal, and a most estimable gentleman. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Through the courtesy of the editor and Prof. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Here I am,' said the editor, from the remotest end of the room; far beyond all hope of food, unless something was done for him by the hostess. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This earned him the gratitude of the editors, a dinner, and all the newspaper exchanges he wanted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I had caused a printer's composing case to be set up with the idea that if we could get editors and publishers in to see it, we should show them the advantages of the electric light. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Terrible emphasis was laid upon 'thing' and 'fellow'; and the faces of both editors began to glow with defiance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Night editors, including Horace Greeley, and Henry Raymond, of the New York Times, took their midnight lunch there. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The whole and sole conduct of the editors may be defined in one word, selfishness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We'll take this (editors never say I), if you don't object to a few alterations. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Pennington, among clergymen, Douglas and Ward, among editors, are well known instances. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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