Corrector
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corrector is a noun meaning One who corrects.
Meaning
One who corrects.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A proofreader.
- (obsolete) A director or governor.
Example Sentences
Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.
Time! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love,—sole philosopher, For all beside are sophists, […]
A family we knew had one of those “Papa's-sister” Aunts who took it upon herself to be a corrector of manners not only for her own nieces but for young Canadians in general.
Seeing therefore those who now possess the employment by all evident signs wish themselves well rid of it; and that no man of worth, none that is not a plain unthrift of his own hours, is ever likely to succeed them, except he mean to put himself to the salary of a press corrector; we may easily foresee what kind of licensers we are to expect hereafter, either ignorant, imperious, and remiss, or basely pecuniary.
Word Forms
- correctors
- correctour
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include predictor, manuscript, correctionist, correctour, correctress, correctrix.
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