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editor-in-chief

editor-in-chief noun: the highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.

Noun (1)

editor-in-chief (plural editors-in-chief)

  1. The highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.
    • “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.2019 March 8, Elyse Wanshel, “He Was Mad His Photo Was Used To Show All Hipsters Look Alike, But It Wasn't Him”, in HuffPost
    • Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian

Noun (2) capitalized: Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief (plural Editors-in-Chief)

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

editor-in-chief meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Persian and Vietnamese

editor-in-chief in Hindi

highest-ranking editor
चीफ़ एडीटर cīf eḍīṭar

editor-in-chief in Tagalog

highest-ranking editor
punong patnugot

editor-in-chief in Persian

highest-ranking editor
سرویراستار sarvirâstâr

editor-in-chief in Vietnamese

highest-ranking editor
tổng biên tập, chủ bút

Synonyms of editor-in-chief

Forms of editor-in-chief

pluraleditors-in-chief
alternative formeditor in chief
pluralEditors-in-Chief

Words formed from editor-in-chief

Questions about editor-in-chief

What does editor-in-chief mean?
Editor-in-chief means the highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.
What is editor-in-chief in Hindi?
Editor-in-chief in Hindi is चीफ़ एडीटर (cīf eḍīṭar). See Editor-in-chief meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is editor-in-chief?
Editor-in-chief is a noun.
What is the plural of editor-in-chief?
The plural of editor-in-chief is editors-in-chief.

Words near editor-in-chief in the dictionary

  1. editome
  2. editomes
  3. editor
  4. editor in chief
  5. editor-at-large
  6. editor-in-chief
  7. editor-in-chiefship
  8. editoress
  9. editoresses
  10. editorial
  11. editorial cartoon

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