sub-ˈeditor
[sub- 6.]
A subordinate editor; one who sub-edits.
| 1834 [see city-editor s.v. city 9]. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. iii, Clerk Tallien, he also is become sub-editor; shall become able-editor. 1883 Black Shandon Bells xxx, I daresay I should..be the sub-editor of the Cork Chronicle. |
Hence sub-ˈeditorship, the position of sub-editor.
| 1855 Hyde Clarke Dict. 383. 1862 Thackeray Philip xxx, He had her vote for the sub-editorship. |