Definition of "editor" in English

noun

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

2. A copy editor.

3. A person who edited a specific document.

   • John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   • John is the city editor at the Daily Times.

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

6. (computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   • The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.

7. (television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.