Corrector

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who corrects.

    "Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly."

  2. 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. 3
    A director or governor. obsolete

Synonyms

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proofreaderproofreader

Example

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"Fred Bloggs is the biggest corrector on Tatoeba."

Etymology

From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.

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