Editrix

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female editor. uncommon

    "Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name."

Synonyms

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editresseditress

Example

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"Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēditrīx. By surface analysis, edit + -trix.

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