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Corrector
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who corrects.
"Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly."
- 2 A proofreader. obsolete
"Seeing therefore those who now possess the employment by all evident signs wish themselves well rid of it; and that no man of worth, none that is not a plain unthrift of his own hours, is ever likely to succeed them, except he mean to put himself to the salary of a press corrector; we may easily foresee what kind of licensers we are to expect hereafter, either ignorant, imperious, and remiss, or basely pecuniary."
- 3 A director or governor. obsolete
Etymology
From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.
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