Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who reads printers' proofs for correction; one whose occupation is to discover errors in proofs and note on them the necessary changes.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
proofreader .
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Examples
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In Jeremiah 31: 30 "that eateth" somehow emerged as "ehat tateth," an error that, as Campbell notes with characteristic wit, "should have been noticed by any proof-reader, even one freshly returned from a pub lunch."
Review of Gordon Campbell's 'Bible,' about the King James Version Jonathan Yardley 2010
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I haven't worked much with Anne, but I've known of her indirectly and tangentially for years, mainly because she was the proof-reader on Hugo Award-winner Cheryl Morgan's Hugo Award-winning fanzine (later semiprozine) Emerald City.
FRANK FOR TAFF! frankwu 2009
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She earns a living as a proof-reader and copy-editor, but is mostly a graduate student which is why so much of her life seems to be 'former'.
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In Jeremiah 31: 30 "that eateth" somehow emerged as "ehat tateth," an error that, as Campbell notes with characteristic wit, "should have been noticed by any proof-reader, even one freshly returned from a pub lunch."
Review of Gordon Campbell's 'Bible,' about the King James Version Jonathan Yardley 2010
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Proof-read book: $900 Professional proof-reader plus a couple of friends
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I'll be sure to chide John, my official proof-reader, for missing my "simply" mistake.
Jen GraduRants 2010
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Most importantly, I thank my wonderful wife, Professor Susan M.B. Steuer, for her tremendous aid as supporter, proof-reader, and editor of this book.
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"My editor and proof-reader were both students, as was the person who designed the jacket," said Rankin.
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Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller used to meet her German proof-reader in the forest to hide from Romania's Securitate communist secret police, she told readers at the Leipzig Book Fair, which ends Sunday
Herta Mueller, Nobel Prize Winner, Hid In The Forest With Editor To Proofread Manuscripts 2010
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And we're reading a post by a blogger — Steve Benen — who is not a big proof-reader.
"We're wrapping up a presidency led me a man his own team has described as 'not a big reader.'" Ann Althouse 2009
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