proofreadern.
/ˈpruːfˌriːdə/, U.S. /ˈprufˌridər/ Originally U.S.
A person who reads text in proof in order to find and mark errors for correction. Cf. reader n. 2d.
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society > communication > printing > printer > readers, collators, etc. > [noun] > proof-reader
corrector1530
press corrector1644
proofreader1803
reader1808
1803 Port Folio 3 Dec. 391/2 Particularly in reprinting any edition of the Greek or Roman classics, error would be most pernicious... Here a just, nay a generous reward to an accomplished proof reader..will prove..the most profitable prudence.
1819 J. Griffin Hist. Press of Maine (1872) 73 Ebenezer Everett, Esq., an able and cautious lawyer, volunteered his services as proof-reader.
1855 I. C. Pray Mem. J. G. Bennett 41 From this post he was transferred to that of a proof-reader in the printing-house of Wells & Lilly.
1907 Daily Chron. 4 Apr. 6/6 Thomas Bailey Aldrich..entered literature as a ‘proof-reader’. That is the American equivalent of our ‘corrector to the Press’ or ‘printer's reader’.
1995 Fortean Times Aug. 65/5 You must be an eagle-eyed proofreader, not be afraid to rewrite, and have a witty way with headlines, standfirsts and captions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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