Editor-in-chief

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of editor in chief. alt-of, alternative

    "“He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter."

  2. 2
    An honorific for the editor-in-chief of a publication.

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bibliographerbibliophilebook collectorbookdealerbookloverbookmaker

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"Tom just became the new editor-in-chief."

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