- copyeditor
- cop′y•ed`i•tor or cop′y ed`itorn.a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, esp. to correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar•Etymology: 1895–1900, amer.
From formal English to slang. 2014.
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