editorship

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Medieval Latin ēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Medieval Latin -tor

Medieval Latin ēditorder.

English editor

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną

Proto-Germanic *-skapiz

Proto-West Germanic *-skapi

Old English -sċiepe

Middle English -schipe

English -ship

English editorship

From editor + -ship.

Noun

editorship (plural editorships)

1. The position or job of being an editor
   • 1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:

     With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE

   • 2009 January 3, Elisabeth Mahoney, “Radio 4's Today programme livened up by guest editors”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     While this was tremendous fun, the week also revealed the limitations and sometimes bumpy consequences of the guest editorships.

   • 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 46:

     Peter gained his first editorship with Motor Cycle, before joining EMAP to eventually edit Motor Cycle Mechanics (later Performance Bikes and now Practical Sportsbikes) in 1978.

Derived terms

• coeditorship

Translations

the position or job of being an editor

• Bashkir: редакция (redaktsiya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯工作 / 编辑工作 (biānjí gōngzuò)

• Irish: eagarthóireacht f
• Kazakh: редакция (redaksiä)
• Russian: реда́кция (ru) f (redákcija)