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editor in chief

editor in chief is the alternative form of editor-in-chief.

Meaning of editor-in-chief

Noun

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

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Forms of editor in chief

pluraleditors in chief

Questions about editor in chief

What is editor in chief the alternative form of?
Editor in chief is the alternative form of editor-in-chief.

Words near editor in chief in the dictionary

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

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