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redactor-in-chief

redactor-in-chief noun: an editor-in-chief.

Noun

redactor-in-chief (plural redactors-in-chief)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) An editor-in-chief.
    • As every necrolover noticed, neither redactor of the Necroletter had had the time to do anything necrophiliac recently. So we're looking for redactors for it, and / or new redactors-in-chief for the Giovanni, Harbinger of Souls, Samedi and Nagaraja newsletters.2004 November 11, Orpheus, “Throwing the Necro Gauntlet”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet), retrieved 2022-09-31

Forms of redactor-in-chief

pluralredactors-in-chief
alternative formredactor in chief

Origin of redactor-in-chief

Borrowed from French rédacteur en chef.

Questions about redactor-in-chief

What does redactor-in-chief mean?
Redactor-in-chief means an editor-in-chief.
What part of speech is redactor-in-chief?
Redactor-in-chief is a noun.
What is the plural of redactor-in-chief?
The plural of redactor-in-chief is redactors-in-chief.

Words near redactor-in-chief in the dictionary

  1. redactional
  2. redactions
  3. redactive
  4. redactor
  5. redactor in chief
  6. redactor-in-chief
  7. redactorial
  8. redactors
  9. redactors in chief
  10. redactors-in-chief
  11. redacts

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