REDACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redactor mean? 

• REDACTOR (noun)
  The noun REDACTOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

  Familiarity information: REDACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

redact; redactor; reviser; rewrite man; rewriter

Hypernyms ("redactor" is a kind of...):

editor; editor in chief (a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "redactor"):

abbreviator; abridger (one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work)

Derivation:

redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)