corrector

English

Alternative forms

• correctour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct +‎ -or.

Noun

corrector (plural correctors)

1. One who corrects.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, [1]

     Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.

   • 1818, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 4, Stanza 130, [2]

     Time! the corrector where our judgments err,

     The test of truth, love,—sole philosopher,

     For all beside are sophists, […]

   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “Characters,” [3]

     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.

2. (obsolete) A proofreader.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica, [4]

     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.

   • 1770, Philip Luckombe, A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing, London: J. Johnson, 1771, pp. 440-41, [5]

     To have a competent knowledge of what has been recited, besides a quick and discerning eye, are the proper accomplishments by which a Corrector may raise his own and his Master's credit: for it is a maxim with Booksellers, to give the first edition of a work to be done by such Printers whom they know to be either able Correctors themselves, or that employ fit persons, though not of Universal learning, and who know the fundamentals of every Art and Science that may fall under their examination.

3. (obsolete) A director or governor.

Derived terms

• correctress

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin corrector. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔˈrɛk.tɔr/

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• Hyphenation: cor‧rec‧tor
• Rhymes: -ɛktɔr

Noun

corrector m (plural correctoren or correctors)

1. corrector

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Latin

Etymology

From corrēctus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /korˈreːk.tor/, [kɔrˈreːk.t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /korˈrek.tor/, [kɔrˈrɛk.t̪ɔr]

Noun

corrēctor m (genitive corrēctōris); third declension

1. corrector, improver, reformer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corrēctor	corrēctōrēs
Genitive	corrēctōris	corrēctōrum
Dative	corrēctōrī	corrēctōribus
Accusative	corrēctōrem	corrēctōrēs
Ablative	corrēctōre	corrēctōribus
Vocative	corrēctor	corrēctōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: corrector
• English: corrector
• French: correcteur
• Italian: correttore

• Portuguese: corretor
• Romanian: corector
• Russian: корре́ктор (korréktor)
• Spanish: corrector

References

• corrector in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corrector in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corrector in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• corrector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of corretor

Further reading

• “corrector” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corrector, correctorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koreɡˈtoɾ/, [koreɣˈt̪oɾ]

Adjective

corrector (feminine singular correctora, masculine plural correctores, feminine plural correctoras)

1. corrective, correcting

Noun 1

corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)

1. corrector
2. proofreader

Noun 2

corrector m (plural correctores)

1. spell checker

   Synonym: corrector ortográfico

Related terms

• correcto
• corregidor

 

Further reading

• “corrector” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.