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cop•y•ed•i•tor
Pronunciation: (kop'ē-ed"i-tur), [key]—
n.
1. a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, esp. to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
2. a copyreader.
3. Also called
slot man. the head copyreader on a newspaper.
Also,cop'y ed"itor.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.