subeditor

noun — 2 senses

subeditor

noun

Etymology From sub- + editor.

1

An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.

2

UK A copy editor at a newspaper or magazine.

Sub-editors. Bastards. What about all that copy of his they'd cut? Fifteen years of research he'd filed from one planet alone and they'd cut it to two words. ‘Mostly harmless.’1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 96:

Derived terms: stone subeditor, subeditorship

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