[kop-ee-ed-i-ter] 
| 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. |
| cop·y·ed·it or cop·y-ed·it (kŏp'ē-ěd'ĭt) tr.v. cop·y·ed·it·ed or cop·y-ed·it·ed, cop·y·ed·it·ing or cop·y-ed·it·ing, cop·y·ed·its or cop·y-ed·its To correct and prepare (a manuscript, for example) for typesetting and printing. cop'y·ed'i·tor n. |