"editor in chief" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
subtypes:
- anthologist - an editor who makes selections for an anthology
- art editor - an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed matter
- copy editor, copyreader, text editor - an editor who prepares text for publication
- subeditor - an assistant editor
- bowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator - a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages
- managing editor - the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazine
- newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper
- redact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
specific instances:
- bowdler, thomas bowdler - English editor who in 1818 published an expurgated edition of the works of Shakespeare (1754-1825)
- cattell, james mckeen cattell - American psychologist and editor (1860-1944)
- howe, irving howe - United States editor (1920-1993)
same as: editor