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subeditors

subeditors is the plural of subeditor.

Meaning of subeditor

Noun

subeditor (plural subeditors)

  1. An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.
  2. (UK) A copy editor at a newspaper or magazine.
    • Sub-editors. Bastards. What about all that copy of his they'd cut? Fifteen years of research he'd filed from one planet alone and they'd cut it to two words. ‘Mostly harmless.’1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 96

Phrases with subeditors

Questions about subeditors

What is subeditors the plural of?
Subeditors is the plural of subeditor.

Words near subeditors in the dictionary

  1. subedition
  2. subeditions
  3. subeditor
  4. subeditorial
  5. subeditorially
  6. subeditors
  7. subeditorship
  8. subeditorships
  9. subedits
  10. subeffect
  11. subeffective

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subeditors (page history and authors); subeditor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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