editor in chief

editor in chief

n. pl. editors in chief The editor having final responsibility for the operations and policies of a publication.

editor in chief

n (Journalism & Publishing) the controlling editor of a publication

ed′itor in chief′

n., pl. editors in chief. the policy-making executive or principal editor, as of a publishing house or publication.

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editor in chief - a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)editoranthologist - an editor who makes selections for an anthologyart editor - an editor who is responsible for illustrations and layouts in printed mattercopy editor, copyreader, text editor - an editor who prepares text for publicationsubeditor - an assistant editorbowdleriser, bowdlerizer, expurgator - a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"managing editor - the editor in charge of all editorial activities of a newspaper or magazinenewspaper editor - the editor of a newspaperredact, redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter - someone who puts text into appropriate form for publicationskilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

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