Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subeditor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: sube-d-i-tor
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.

noun

A copy editor at a newspaper or magazine.

British usage

Example Sentences

"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.’"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor English subeditor From sub- + editor.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

subeditors (plural) sub-editor (alternative)

Derived Forms

subeditorship

Phrases

stone subeditor

Questions

What does subeditor mean?: An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.
Where does subeditor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor English subeditor From sub- + editor.

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