# subeditor

Pronunciation: US say "sub-ED-i-tur" /ˌsʌbˈɛdɪtɚ/; UK say "sub-ED-i-tuh" /ˌsʌbˈɛdɪtə/

## Noun

1. A copy editor on a newspaper or magazine, who edits and trims the copy that writers file. *(UK)*
   - Simple: A person at a newspaper or magazine who checks and fixes what the writers send in.
   - _The subeditors rewrote his headline and cut the last three paragraphs to fit the page._
   - _As a subeditor, she spent each night checking facts, tightening copy and writing headlines._
2. An assistant editor, usually working in one particular department of a newspaper.
   - Simple: An editor who works under a senior editor, often in one section of a newspaper.
   - _The paper's foreign subeditor decided which overseas stories would run each morning._
   - _He was promoted from subeditor of the arts pages to deputy editor of the whole paper._

## Origin

Formed from sub- + editor.

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