correctorn.

Brit.

/kəˈrɛktə/, U.S.

/kəˈrɛktər/

Forms: Middle English corectour, (Middle English–1500s Scottish correker, correkar), Middle English–1600s correctour, 1500s–1800s correcter, 1500s– corrector.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman co(r)rectour = French correcteur , < Latin correctōr-em agent-noun < corrigĕre to correct v.: see -or suffix.

a. One who corrects or sets right; one who points out errors or faults, and substitutes or indicates what is right; a censor, critic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which

corrector1377

mendera1382

physiciana1398

amenderc1405

redresserc1449

corrigiour1474

repairer?1504

redressc1530

remeder1535

righter1566

rectifier1607

redressor1643

corrective1768

renovator1827

readjuster1850

Mr Fixit1924

fixer-upper1932

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 284 For-þi ȝe corectoures..corecteth fyrst ȝow-seluen.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. iii. 14 Alle kynges specyally ought to here her corrygeours or correctours.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 212 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The archedene yat oureman ay prechand in plane Correker of kirkmen was clepit ye claik.

1602 J. Manningham Diary (1976) 29 A puritan is a curious corrector of thinges indifferent.

1616 Greenes Mourning Garment To Rdr. sig. A4^v Diogenes of a coyner of money became a Corrector of manners.

1710 J. Swift Medit. Broom-stick 7 He sets up to be an universal Reformer and Corrector of Abuses.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxx. 68 Time! the corrector where our judgments err.

1869 J. B. Brown Divine Myst. i. ix. 224 Teachers, correctors, and exemplars to their fellow-men.

b. Printing. A printer's employé who reads proofs and marks the corrections to be made in the type before printing off; a proof-reader.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printer > readers, collators, etc. > [noun] > proof-reader

corrector1530

press corrector1644

proofreader1803

reader1808

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 36 That thyng passed my correctours handes.

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B2^v Who was corrector to the Presse at Couentrie?

1634 Malory's Most Anc. Hist. Prince Arthur Pref. 12 Amended..by the pains and industry of the compositor and corrector at the press.

1720 J. Swift Proposal Use Irish Manuf. 11 The Corrector of a Hedge-Press in some Blind-Alley about Little-Britain.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 645 The first proof..with the MS. is handed to the corrector of the press, or reader.

1884 Q. Rev. Jan. 215 Mere misprints, showing only carelessness on the part of the corrector.

2. An official title = director, controller:

a. In the Roman Empire, a governor of a province of lower rank than a proconsul or consul.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > director or controller

corrector1609

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvii. iii. 307 Terentius..administered the office of a Corrector in this selfe same province.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 37 The whole empire was distributed into one hundred and sixteen provinces..Of these, three were governed by proconsuls, thirty-seven by consulars, five by correctors, and seventy-one by presidents.

b. A director or superior of an ecclesiastical office, religious order, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > specific

corrector1553

guider1578

Dean of Faculty1664

grand1747

regent1890

1553 Burgh Rec. Aberdeen 5 Oct. (Jam. Supp.) Correctour of the queir.

1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xvii. 181 He will have the Superiors of his Order to be called Correctors.

†c. Formerly, an officer in a chamber of accounts in France and some other countries.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun]

man of officec1300

officerc1380

officec1440

office manc1459

officiate1500

officiary1505

official1555

gerent1576

officiary1587

office-bearer1593

stallera1627

incumbent1672

designator1683

corrector1690

office-holder1818

city manager1909

postholder1961

1690 London Gaz. No. 2622/3 The Creation of two new Presidents, four Masters in Ordinary, four Correctors, and other Officers in the Chamber of Accounts of this City [Paris].

†d. = Spanish corregidor, magistrate.

ΚΠ

1515 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 232* Makand him and his assignais Keparis, ouersearis, correkaris, and suplearis of the Isle of Litill Comeray.

e. corrector of the staple: the controller of a wool staple: see quot. 1617.

ΚΠ

1353 Act 27 Edw. III (Statute of the Staple) c. 22 Nous avons ordene que en chescun lieu ou lestaple se tiendra, soit certein nombre des Corecters.

1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas 2448 e Correctour of the staple, is an Officer or Clerk belonging to the staple, that writeth and recordeth the bargaines of Merchants there made.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 342 Officers belonging to these Staples, were Maiors, Constables, Manipernors, correctours.

3. One who exercises discipline; one who inflicts correction or chastisement.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes > corrective

corrector1531

chastener1567

correctioner1600

castigator1873

1531 T. Elyot Gouernour iii. xx. sig. eviii^v Wherfore said he to the correctour..loke that thow styl beate him.

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 125/1 The children being but .2. or .3. years old, it is to sone to giue them maisters, or correcters.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Castigador A chastiser, a corrector.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vi. 99 Having praised my heavenly corrector.

1884 Manch. Examiner 15 Nov. 5/2 A judge..holds his position as a public corrector.

4. Something that corrects, or furnishes a means of correction; something by means of which error may be got rid of or prevented.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > a means of

corrector1603

reparativea1639

corrective1854

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 661 Defective and vnperfect formes..may rather bee termed Corrupters then Correctors.

1646 (title) A Corrector of y^e Answer to the Speech.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah Prelim. Diss. 62 This vast collection of variations, taken in themselves as correctors of the text.

1778 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) viii. 443 Simplicity..is considered as the general corrector of excess.

1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 242 The correctors..are bar magnets.

†5. Medicine and Chemistry. Something that counteracts what is harmful, or that restores (the bodily system, etc.) to a healthy state; a neutralizing or remedial agent, a corrective. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun]

atterlothec1000

treacle1340

theriaclec1400

theriacc1440

mithridate1528

antidote1543

counter-poison1548

pazar1563

antidotary1583

alexipharmac1585

alexipharmacum1590

bezoar1597

alexitery1604

corrector1605

counterbane1605

alexipharmacal1608

correctory1608

corrective1612

alexipharmic1628

alexiteric1655

deletery1657

obsistent1657

vincetoxic1658

bezoardic1671

alexiterial1673

alexiterian1681

therial1912

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. vi. 25 The true and proper corrector of opium..is vineger.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 334 Inquietude, which is a various turning of the body..[is] cured by correctors.

1740–1 G. Berkeley Let. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley 263 No more powerful corrector of putrid humours.

1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Projects 130/1 Rice..is..a very weak corrector of putrefaction.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	corrector
释义	correctorn. Brit. /kəˈrɛktə/, U.S. /kəˈrɛktər/ Forms: Middle English corectour, (Middle English–1500s Scottish correker, correkar), Middle English–1600s correctour, 1500s–1800s correcter, 1500s– corrector. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman co(r)rectour = French correcteur , < Latin correctōr-em agent-noun < corrigĕre to correct v.: see -or suffix. 1. a. One who corrects or sets right; one who points out errors or faults, and substitutes or indicates what is right; a censor, critic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > one who or that which corrector1377 mendera1382 physiciana1398 amenderc1405 redresserc1449 corrigiour1474 repairer?1504 redressc1530 remeder1535 righter1566 rectifier1607 redressor1643 corrective1768 renovator1827 readjuster1850 Mr Fixit1924 fixer-upper1932 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 284 For-þi ȝe corectoures..corecteth fyrst ȝow-seluen. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) i. iii. 14 Alle kynges specyally ought to here her corrygeours or correctours. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 212 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The archedene yat oureman ay prechand in plane Correker of kirkmen was clepit ye claik. 1602 J. Manningham Diary (1976) 29 A puritan is a curious corrector of thinges indifferent. 1616 Greenes Mourning Garment To Rdr. sig. A4^v Diogenes of a coyner of money became a Corrector of manners. 1710 J. Swift Medit. Broom-stick 7 He sets up to be an universal Reformer and Corrector of Abuses. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxxx. 68 Time! the corrector where our judgments err. 1869 J. B. Brown Divine Myst. i. ix. 224 Teachers, correctors, and exemplars to their fellow-men. b. Printing. A printer's employé who reads proofs and marks the corrections to be made in the type before printing off; a proof-reader. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > readers, collators, etc. > [noun] > proof-reader corrector1530 press corrector1644 proofreader1803 reader1808 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 36 That thyng passed my correctours handes. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B2^v Who was corrector to the Presse at Couentrie? 1634 Malory's Most Anc. Hist. Prince Arthur Pref. 12 Amended..by the pains and industry of the compositor and corrector at the press. 1720 J. Swift Proposal Use Irish Manuf. 11 The Corrector of a Hedge-Press in some Blind-Alley about Little-Britain. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 645 The first proof..with the MS. is handed to the corrector of the press, or reader. 1884 Q. Rev. Jan. 215 Mere misprints, showing only carelessness on the part of the corrector. 2. An official title = director, controller: a. In the Roman Empire, a governor of a province of lower rank than a proconsul or consul. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > director or controller corrector1609 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvii. iii. 307 Terentius..administered the office of a Corrector in this selfe same province. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 37 The whole empire was distributed into one hundred and sixteen provinces..Of these, three were governed by proconsuls, thirty-seven by consulars, five by correctors, and seventy-one by presidents. b. A director or superior of an ecclesiastical office, religious order, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over an institution or society > specific corrector1553 guider1578 Dean of Faculty1664 grand1747 regent1890 1553 Burgh Rec. Aberdeen 5 Oct. (Jam. Supp.) Correctour of the queir. 1693 A. Gavin Short Hist. Monastical Orders xvii. 181 He will have the Superiors of his Order to be called Correctors. †c. Formerly, an officer in a chamber of accounts in France and some other countries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [noun] man of officec1300 officerc1380 officec1440 office manc1459 officiate1500 officiary1505 official1555 gerent1576 officiary1587 office-bearer1593 stallera1627 incumbent1672 designator1683 corrector1690 office-holder1818 city manager1909 postholder1961 1690 London Gaz. No. 2622/3 The Creation of two new Presidents, four Masters in Ordinary, four Correctors, and other Officers in the Chamber of Accounts of this City [Paris]. †d. = Spanish corregidor, magistrate. ΚΠ 1515 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. I. 232* Makand him and his assignais Keparis, ouersearis, correkaris, and suplearis of the Isle of Litill Comeray. e. corrector of the staple: the controller of a wool staple: see quot. 1617. ΚΠ 1353 Act 27 Edw. III (Statute of the Staple) c. 22 Nous avons ordene que en chescun lieu ou lestaple se tiendra, soit certein nombre des Corecters. 1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas 2448 e Correctour of the staple, is an Officer or Clerk belonging to the staple, that writeth and recordeth the bargaines of Merchants there made. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 342 Officers belonging to these Staples, were Maiors, Constables, Manipernors, correctours. 3. One who exercises discipline; one who inflicts correction or chastisement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > one who punishes > corrective corrector1531 chastener1567 correctioner1600 castigator1873 1531 T. Elyot Gouernour iii. xx. sig. eviii^v Wherfore said he to the correctour..loke that thow styl beate him. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 125/1 The children being but .2. or .3. years old, it is to sone to giue them maisters, or correcters. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Castigador A chastiser, a corrector. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vi. 99 Having praised my heavenly corrector. 1884 Manch. Examiner 15 Nov. 5/2 A judge..holds his position as a public corrector. 4. Something that corrects, or furnishes a means of correction; something by means of which error may be got rid of or prevented. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > a means of corrector1603 reparativea1639 corrective1854 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xiii. 661 Defective and vnperfect formes..may rather bee termed Corrupters then Correctors. 1646 (title) A Corrector of y^e Answer to the Speech. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah Prelim. Diss. 62 This vast collection of variations, taken in themselves as correctors of the text. 1778 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) viii. 443 Simplicity..is considered as the general corrector of excess. 1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 242 The correctors..are bar magnets. †5. Medicine and Chemistry. Something that counteracts what is harmful, or that restores (the bodily system, etc.) to a healthy state; a neutralizing or remedial agent, a corrective. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] atterlothec1000 treacle1340 theriaclec1400 theriacc1440 mithridate1528 antidote1543 counter-poison1548 pazar1563 antidotary1583 alexipharmac1585 alexipharmacum1590 bezoar1597 alexitery1604 corrector1605 counterbane1605 alexipharmacal1608 correctory1608 corrective1612 alexipharmic1628 alexiteric1655 deletery1657 obsistent1657 vincetoxic1658 bezoardic1671 alexiterial1673 alexiterian1681 therial1912 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. vi. 25 The true and proper corrector of opium..is vineger. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 334 Inquietude, which is a various turning of the body..[is] cured by correctors. 1740–1 G. Berkeley Let. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley 263 No more powerful corrector of putrid humours. 1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Projects 130/1 Rice..is..a very weak corrector of putrefaction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1353
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