Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who edits and corrects newspaper copy for publication.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an editor who prepares text for publication.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an editor who prepares text for publication
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Examples
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He might be pleased to know that he would have had occasion for many more had it not been for the devoted attention and frequently angry comments on the manuscript by my Doubleday copyreader, Georgiana Remer.
Inventory Kyall Glennie 2009
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He has worked as a court clerk, radio talk show host, lecturer, media consultant, reporter, copyreader and surgical technician.
Vote "Seabiscuit" and Get One of Your Own in the White House 2007
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He has worked as a court clerk, radio talk show host, lecturer, media consultant, reporter, copyreader and surgical technician.
Vote "Seabiscuit" and Get One of Your Own in the White House 2007
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He has worked as a court clerk, radio talk show host, lecturer, media consultant, reporter, copyreader and surgical technician.
Printing: Vote "Seabiscuit" and Get One of Your Own in the White House 2007
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I, ever the copyreader, responded that I wished to amend the wording to “Lifetime Achievement So Far…”
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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I, ever the copyreader, responded that I wished to amend the wording to “Lifetime Achievement So Far…”
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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I, ever the copyreader, responded that I wished to amend the wording to “Lifetime Achievement So Far…”
Staying Tuned Daniel Schorr 2001
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When the story is in type, an impression, or _proof_, is taken of it, and this proof, still called copy, comes back to the copyreader or the proofreader for the correction of typographical errors.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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A copyreader might not find it perfect, for the assault is allotted too much space and the pursuit too little, but it tells the story in its baldest aspect.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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For the sake of keeping the two parts of the copy together the reporter or the copyreader ordinarily gives the story a name, such as "Fire No. 2"; the bit of lead on which the name is printed is called a _slug_ and the story is said to be _slugged_.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing Grant Milnor Hyde
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