corrector
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.
Noun
corrector (plural correctors)
- 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.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, [1]
- (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.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica, [4]
- (obsolete) A director or governor.
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin corrector. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
corrector m (plural correctoren or correctors)
Latin
Etymology
From corrēctus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /korˈreːk.tor/, [kɔrˈreːkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈrek.tor/, [korˈrɛkt̪or]
Noun
corrēctor m (genitive corrēctōris); third declension
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- corrector in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Noun
corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin corrector, correctorem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
corrector (feminine correctora, masculine plural correctores, feminine plural correctoras)
Noun 1
corrector m (plural correctores, feminine correctora, feminine plural correctoras)
Noun 2
corrector m (plural correctores)
- spell checker
- Synonym: corrector ortográfico
Related terms
Further reading
- “corrector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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