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Corrector
Cor-rect′or
(k?r-r?kt′?r)
, Noun.
[L.]
One who, or that which, corrects;
as, a
. corrector
of abuses; a corrector
of the press; an alkali is a corrector
of acidsWebster 1828 Edition
Corrector
CORRECTOR
,Noun.
1.
One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable to truth or propriety, or to any standard; as a corrector of the press; a corrector of abuses.2.
One who punishes for correction; one who amends or reforms by chastisement, reproof or instruction.3.
That which corrects; that which abates or removes what is noxious or inconvenient; an ingredient in a composition which abates or counteracts the force of another; as, an alkali is a corrector of acids.Turpentine is a corrector of quicksilver.
Definition 2024
corrector
corrector
English
Alternative forms
- correctour (obsolete)
Noun
corrector (plural correctors, feminine correctress or correctrix)
- One that corrects.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France,
- Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.
- 1818, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 4, Stanza 130,
- 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,”
- 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,
- (obsolete) A proofreader.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica,
- 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,
- 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,
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈrek.tor/, [kɔrˈrɛk.tɔr]
Noun
corrector m (genitive correctōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corrector | correctōrēs |
| genitive | correctōris | correctōrum |
| dative | correctōrī | correctōribus |
| accusative | correctōrem | correctōrēs |
| ablative | correctōre | correctōribus |
| vocative | corrector | correctōrēs |
- Russian: корре́ктор (korréktor)
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corrector”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Spanish
Adjective
corrector m (feminine singular correctora, masculine plural correctores, feminine plural correctoras)