editor

noun

1. A person who edits or makes changes to documents.

2. A copy editor.

3. A person who edited a specific document.

   “John Johnson wrote this term paper and the editor was Joan Johnson.”

4. A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

   “John is the city editor at the Daily Times.”

5. A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film

6. computingA program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

   “The TPU EVE editor is an excellent, extensible, programmable editor.”

7. televisioncinematographySomeone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

8. A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)person

   Similar: editor in chief

9. (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data

   Similar: editor program