editor

Meaning

Noun

• A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
• A copy editor.
• A person who edited a specific document.
• A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.
• A machine used for editing (cutting and splicing) movie film
• A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.
• Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

Origin

• From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Late Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō.