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proofreader

NOUN
editor
Synonyms
STRONG
copyholder copyreader deskman newspaperman newspaperwoman reviser rewriter
WEAK
blue-penciler rewrite man rewrite woman
NOUN
reader
Synonyms
STRONG
bibliophile bookworm editor
WEAK
bibliomaniac book reviewer literary critic
NOUN
reader
Synonyms
STRONG
anthology bookworm editor elocutionist lector lecturer primer reciter scholar
WEAK
peruser

Example Sentences

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Proofreader: "Slip 78-Sherif Abd el Mayin of Slip 68 becomes el Main, el Mayein, el Muein, el Mayin, and el Muyein."

From Time Magazine Archive

Proofreader, requirements of, 58; a spoiler of books, 40, 41.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

Or: "Proofreader, educated young man, requires position immediately."

From Turns about Town by Holliday, Robert Cortes