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proofreader - definition and meaning
Definitions
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noun A person who proofreads .
noun A person whose occupation is to proofread.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
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My usual proofreader is not a good choice for this semi-technical article.
Anyone willing to read my cell phone article? 2008
My regular proofreader is out of commission and I seem to have let a few details slip.
Best in Show 07 - music edition 2007
And, speaking of angels, remember when I said a freelance editor and proofreader from the U.S. offered to edit my book in exchange for a trip to Mexico?
Thanksgiving in Puerto Vallarta 2000
And, speaking of angels, remember when I said a freelance editor and proofreader from the U.S. offered to edit my book in exchange for a trip to Mexico?
Thanksgiving in Puerto Vallarta 2000
LeisureGuy and others — if we charged a $50 annual subscription fee, a proofreader is the last thing we would spend it on.
Firedoglake » Marshall Wittmann: Donkey or Ass? 2006
Finally I e-mailed him back and carbon copied it to my supervisor basically saying that I had other ads that were more important than his right now and I'll get to his when I can and if he wants to talk about changes or whatever to call the proofreader and leave me the hell alone.
badbadzoot Diary Entry badbadzoot 2005
Otherwise it wouldn't have been parallel with "proofreader ", and we wouldn't have known how to spell the verb "copyedit".
languagehat.com: TALKS WITH COPY EDITORS. 2005
I probably talk about proof reading more than anything else, because it's the most time-consuming of all my tasks, but I wouldn't call myself a 'proofreader '.
twelve22 Anna Torborg 2010
January 28th, 2010 at 1: 51 pm you really need proofreader to intercede before entries are posted. kafka says:
Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Harball 2010
Please for the love of Zeus someone at CAP get a proofreader for Yglesias.
Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010
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