"editor in chief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: editors in chief [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|editors in chief|head=editor in chief}} editor in chief (plural editors in chief)
  1. The highest ranking editor on an editorial staff. Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: chief editor, EIC, executive editor, editor-in-chief Related terms: editor, editor-in-chiefship Translations (highest ranking editor): гало́ўны рэда́ктар (halóŭny redáktar) [masculine] (Belarusian), гало́ўная рэда́ктарка (halóŭnaja redáktarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), гла́вен реда́ктор (gláven redáktor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 主編 (Chinese Mandarin), 主编 (zhǔbiān) (Chinese Mandarin), šéfredaktor [masculine] (Czech), šéfredaktorka [feminine] (Czech), chefredaktør [common-gender] (Danish), hoofdredacteur [masculine] (Dutch), ĉefredaktoro (Esperanto), peatoimetaja (Estonian), aðalritstjóri [masculine] (Faroese), päätoimittaja (Finnish), rédacteur en chef [masculine] (French), rédactrice en chef [feminine] (French), მთავარი რედაქტორი (mtavari redakṭori) (Georgian), Chefredakteur [masculine] (German), Chefredakteurin [feminine] (German), αρχισυντάκτης (archisyntáktis) [masculine] (Greek), चीफ़ एडीटर (cīf eḍīṭar) [masculine] (Hindi), főszerkesztő (Hungarian), aðalritstjóri [masculine] (Icelandic), caporedattore [masculine] (Italian), caporedattrice [feminine] (Italian), 編集長 (henshūchō) (alt: へんしゅうちょう) (Japanese), 편집장 (pyeonjipjang) (alt: 編輯長) (Korean), sjefredaktør [masculine] (Norwegian), sjefredaktør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), سرویراستار (sarvirâstâr) (Persian), redaktor naczelny [masculine] (Polish), redactor-șef [masculine] (Romanian), гла́вный реда́ктор (glávnyj redáktor) [masculine] (Russian), главре́д (glavréd) [masculine] (Russian), šéfredaktor [masculine] (Slovak), šéfredaktorka [feminine] (Slovak), jefe de redacción (Spanish), redactor jefe [masculine] (Spanish), chefredaktör [common-gender] (Swedish), redaktionschef [common-gender] (Swedish), huvudredaktör [common-gender] (Swedish), punong patnugot (Tagalog), головни́й реда́ктор (holovnýj redáktor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), головна́ реда́кторка (holovná redáktorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-editor_in_chief-en-noun-HCS0k9Ut Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarvirâstâr",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "roman": "glávnyj redáktor",
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      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "word": "šéfredaktorka"
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      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "chefredaktör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "redaktionschef"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "huvudredaktör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
      "word": "punong patnugot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovnýj redáktor",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "головни́й реда́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holovná redáktorka",
      "sense": "highest ranking editor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "головна́ реда́кторка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "editor in chief"
}

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