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cop⋅y⋅ed⋅i⋅tor

[kop-ee-ed-i-ter]
–noun
1. a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, esp. to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
2. a copyreader.
3. Also called slot man. the head copyreader on a newspaper.
Also, copy editor.


Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism
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