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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1649|origins=la edere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈed.ɪ.tə/, US /ˈed.ɪ.tɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|ēditor|t=one who puts forth; a producer of games; a publisher]],^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004)^(AHD 2000) an agent noun from ēditus, the past participle of [[m|la|ēdere|t=to bring forth, produce, publish]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[edition]] and [[edit]].^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The publisher of a book: 1649 in the OED and Merriam-Webster,^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) the 1640s in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) a sense found only in the mid-17th century.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A person who prepares someone else's writing for publication is from 1712,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the person who runs a newspaper or periodical from 1803.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The editor of a section of a newspaper, such as the financial news, is from 1843,^(OED 1989) and the literary manager of a publishing house from 1915.^(OED 1989) The exhibitor of Roman public games, translating Latin editor ludorum, is from 1880.^(OED 1989) One who cuts and edits a film is from 1917,^(OED 1989) and in computing a program for altering text or data from 1959.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1649 – a publisher.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1712 – one who prepares a text.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1803 – a newspaper editor.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1917 – a film editor.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959 – a computer program.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who edits, especially as a job, preparing others' writing for [[publication]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or section of one.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ # A person who writes editorials.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A person or device that edits film.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A computer program for editing text or data.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[editorship]]

+ * [[coeditor]]

+ * [[editress]]

+ * [[subeditor]]

+ * [[edit]]

+ * [[editorial]]

+ * [[copy editor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[edition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}