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EDITOR IN CHIEF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
editor; editor in chief
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("editor in chief" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "editor in chief"):
anthologist (an editor who makes selections for an anthology)
art editor (an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter)
copy editor; copyreader; text editor (an editor who prepares text for publication)
subeditor (an assistant editor)
bowdleriser; bowdlerizer; expurgator (a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages)
managing editor (the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine)
newspaper editor (the editor of a newspaper)
redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter (someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication)
Instance hyponyms:
Bowdler; Thomas Bowdler (English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825))
Cattell; James McKeen Cattell (American psychologist and editor (1860-1944))
Howe; Irving Howe (United States editor (1920-1993))
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