Definition for ED'I-TOR

ED'I-TOR, n. [L. from edo, to publish.]

  1. A publisher; particularly, a person who superintends an impression of a book; the person who revises, corrects, and prepares a book for publication; as, Erasmus, Scaliger, &c.
  2. One who superintends the publication of a newspaper.

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