rewrite man
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈriˌraɪt mæn/
- Archaic
:
revisor
- As a seasoned rewrite man, he transformed rough drafts into polished features for the magazine.
Examples
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She aspired to become a successful rewrite man, reworking stories to meet the editorial standards of the publication.
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Reporters and rewrite men writing stories and waiting to be sent out.
Blog text (26) -
In the 1920s, he first worked for the Times as a rewrite man and then reported the Moroccan campaign and the U.S. Marines' battle with Augustino Sandino in Nicaragua.
Academic text (1991) -
The newspaper hired a skilled rewrite man to improve the quality of their articles before publication.
Synonyms
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3.0
A person who chooses and corrects the final text in a newspaper, magazine, or book
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3.4
A person who checks and corrects grammar, spelling, and style in written text before it is published
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4.0
A person who edits text to make it clear and ready to be published
A person who checks and corrects writing before it is published
A person who checks and corrects text before publishing
A person who edits and prepares text for publication, shaping its form
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward agentive compound: 'rewrite' (to write again) + 'man' (person) yields 'a person who rewrites.' The occupational sense is directly derivable from the constituents and follows common agent-noun formation patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Rewrite man comes from busy newspaper offices where reporters phoned in rough notes and a fast rewrite man would turn those notes into a clean story for the paper, so it means 'a man who rewrites reports for publication'.