Definition of Subeditor

1. Noun. An assistant editor.

Generic synonyms: Editor, Editor In Chief
Derivative terms: Subedit

Definition of Subeditor

1. n. An assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.

Definition of Subeditor

1. Noun. An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subeditor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subeditor

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subdwarf
subdwarfs
subdynamics
subecho
subechoes
subeconomies
subeconomy
subedar
subedars
subedarship
subedarships
subedit
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subeditor (current term)
subeditorial
subeditors
subedits
subefficient
subellipsoid
subelongate
subempire
subempires
subemployed
subemployment
subemployments
subendocardial
subendothelia
subendothelial

Literary usage of Subeditor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers: With Some Remarks on the Present State by Edward Clarkson (1830)
"That I may not appear to deal in vague and causeless insinuations, a few unmasking words may be. dropped Dr. Magin, an Ex-subeditor of the New Times, ..."

2. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1904)
"Feeling very cross," confessed the subeditor. The childlike face of the Babe expressed sympathetic ... Don't let it occur again," said the subeditor. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Jour. Micros. Sei., XXVIII. 381. Subedit (sub-ed'it), vt To edit under the supervision of another. Thackeray, Philip, xlii. subeditor (sub'ed'i-tor), n. ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"In 1842 he became editor of the I ' Western Watchman,' a weekly newspaper ! published at Ayr ; in 1844 he was chosen subeditor of the ' Edinburgh Witness," ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"In 184:2 he became editor of the ' Western Watchman,' a weekly newspaper published at Ayr; in 1844 he was chosen subeditor of the ' Edinburgh Witness,' ..."

6. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1881)
"WJ Loewenberg, of Bury, have been arranged alphabetically and chronologically, and the subeditor is now busy with the subdivision of the words. ..."

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