<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication: She was offered a managing editor position at a small press</li><li>the supervisor or manager of a department of a newspaper, magazine, etc.: the sports editor of a newspaper</li><li>a person who edits, or selects and revises, material for publications, films, etc.: a video editor; the editor of an online journal</li><li>a device for viewing, cutting, and editing film or magnetic tape to make movies, audio recordings, etc.</li><li>a program used for writing and revising code, data, or text: an XML editor</li></ul>