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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and Aeacus, but is placable with an obolus; a severely virtuous censor, but so charitable withal that he tolerates the virtues of others and the vices of himself; who flings about him the splintering lightning and sturdy thunders of admonition till he resembles a bunch of firecrackers petulantly uttering his mind at the tail of a dog; then straightway murmurs a mild, melodious lay, soft as the cooing of a donkey intoning its prayer to the evening star. Master of mysteries and lord of law, high-pinnacled upon the throne of thought, his face suffused with the dim splendors of the Transfiguration, his legs intertwisted and his tongue a-cheek, the editor spills his will along the paper and cuts it off in lengths to suit. And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom and whack up some pathos.

    O, the Lord of Law on the Throne of Thought,
        A gilded impostor is he.
    Of shreds and patches his robes are wrought,
                His crown is brass,
                Himself an ass,
        And his power is fiddle-dee-dee.
    Prankily, crankily prating of naught,
    Silly old quilly old Monarch of Thought.
        Public opinion's camp-follower he,
        Thundering, blundering, plundering free.
                    Affected,
                        Ungracious,
                    Suspected,
                        Mendacious,
    Respected contemporaree!
                                                      J.H. Bumbleshook

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IN BRIEF: A person who corrects written works as an occupation or writes opinion-based columns.

As editor of her school newspaper, Sharon was responsible for ensuring the accuracy of content and consistency of layout.

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• Publishing - editor: person who works with writers and prepares written material for publication
• Occupations and Job Titles
• Literary Characters and Practitioners - editor: person who revises and corrects manuscripts and advises authors on their work
• Movie People and Show Business - editor: creative organizer of film footage into assembled sequences of scenes

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See words rhyming with "editor."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - redigeringsprogram, redaktør, udgiver

idioms:

• editor in chief    chefredaktør

Nederlands (Dutch)
redacteur, tekstverwerker

Français (French)
n. - rédacteur en chef, directeur (d'un magazine, d'une revue), rédacteur (d'un dictionnaire, d'une encyclopédie), réalisateur (d'un programme radio ou TV)

idioms:

• editor in chief    rédacteur en chef

Deutsch (German)
n. - Herausgeber, Cutter

idioms:

• editor in chief    Chefredakteur

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκδότης, συντάκτης (έντυπου), επιμελητής έκδοσης, αρχισυντάκτης ή συντάκτης δημοσιογραφικής ύλης, (Η/Υ) επεξεργαστής κειμένων

idioms:

• editor in chief    υπεύθυνος έκδοσης, αρχισυντάκτης

Italiano (Italian)
redattore

idioms:

• editor in chief    redattore capo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - redator (m), editor (m)

idioms:

• editor in chief    redator (m) chefe

Русский (Russian)
редактор

idioms:

• editor in chief    главный редактор

Español (Spanish)
n. - redactor

idioms:

• editor in chief    redactor jefe, jefe de redacción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - redaktör, utgivare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
编辑, 编者, 主笔, 校订者

idioms:

• editor in chief    主编, 总编辑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 編輯, 編者, 主筆, 校訂者

idioms:

• editor in chief    主編, 總編輯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 편집자, 주필, 논설위원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 編集者, 主筆, 論説委員

idioms:

• editor in chief    編集長, 主任記者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עורך, תוכנית עריכה במחשב‬

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