corrector
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corrector
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From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.
noun correctors · correctour
- One who corrects. Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.
- A proofreader. 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 for
- A director or governor.
Talk about this word "corrector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/corrector. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. corrector. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/corrector "corrector." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/corrector.Cite this
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title = {corrector},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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