copy editor

noun

variants or less commonly copyeditor
1
: an editor who prepares copy for the typesetter
2
: one who edits and headlines newspaper copy
copyedit transitive verb
or copy edit

Examples of copy editor in a Sentence

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In 2009, the Caller-Times still had more than a hundred people on staff between writers, editors, designers, copy editors, and photographers. Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025 Designed in 1939, the residence was commissioned by Loren Pope, a copy editor at the Washington Evening Star. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025 Mary Norris, an author and a former copy editor at The New Yorker, wrote a blog called The Alternate Side Parking Reader. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Merrell Women's Jungle Moc $100 Merrell Next Time June’s Feel-Good Food Plan will be hosted by senior recipe copy editor Liesel Davis, who’s sharing the recipe that lets her cook once and enjoy a homemade dinner all week. Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for copy editor

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of copy editor was in 1899

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“Copy editor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copy%20editor. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

copy editor

noun
1
: an employee of a publishing house who corrects manuscript copy
2
: a person who edits and writes headlines for newspaper copy
copyedit verb
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