editor-in-chief

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editor-in-chief¹

noun editors-in-chief · editor in chief

  1. The highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff. “He accused us of slandering him, presumably by implying he was a hipster, and of using the pic without his permission,” Gideon Lichfield, the Review’s editor-in-chief, explained Tuesday on Twitter.

    Similar: chief editor, EIC, executive editor

Editor-in-Chief²

noun Editors-in-Chief

  1. An honorific for the editor-in-chief of a publication.

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noun highest-ranking editor

Españoljefe de redacción, redactor jefe
한국어편집장 pyeonjipjang
日本語編集長 henshūchō, 主筆 shuhitsu
中文主編 /主编 zhǔbiān
हिन्दीचीफ़ एडीटर cīf eḍīṭar
Françaisrédacteur en chef, rédactrice en chef
DeutschChefredakteur, Chefredakteurin
Italianocaporedattore, caporedattrice
Ελληνικάαρχισυντάκτης archisyntáktis
Românăredactor-șef
Русскийгла́вный реда́ктор glávnyj redáktor, главре́д glavréd
Tiếng Việttổng biên tập, chủ bút

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@misc{editor_in_chief_2026,
  title = {editor-in-chief},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/editor-in-chief},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}