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proofreader

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who proofreads.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person whose occupation is to proofread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reader

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: printer, pressman

History

Etymology

From proof + reader.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: коректор (korektor) — person who proofreads
  • Catalan: corrector de textos — person who proofreads
  • Catalan: correctora de textos — person who proofreads
  • Chinese Mandarin: 校對員 /校对员 (jiāoduìyuán) — person who proofreads
  • Danish: korrekturlæser — person who proofreads
  • Faroese: rættlesari — person who proofreads
  • Finnish: oikolukija — person who proofreads
  • Finnish: korjauslukija — person who proofreads
  • French: relecteur — person who proofreads
  • French: relectrice — person who proofreads
  • German: Korrekturleser — person who proofreads
  • Hebrew: מַגִּיהַּ (magíah) — person who proofreads
  • Hungarian: korrektor — person who proofreads
  • Hungarian: lektor — person who proofreads
  • Icelandic: prófarkalesari — person who proofreads
  • Irish: léitheoir profaí — person who proofreads
  • Korean: 교정자 (gyojeongja) — person who proofreads
  • Macedonian: лектор (lektor) — person who proofreads
  • Manx: lhaihder prowal — person who proofreads
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korrekturleser — person who proofreads
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korrekturlesar — person who proofreads
  • Polish: korektor — person who proofreads
  • Portuguese: revisor — person who proofreads
  • Russian: корре́ктор (korréktor) — person who proofreads
  • Spanish: corrector de pruebas — person who proofreads
  • Spanish: corrector — person who proofreads
  • Swedish: korrekturläsare — person who proofreads
  • Tagalog: tagabalibasa — person who proofreads
  • Welsh: diwygiwr — person who proofreads
  • Welsh: darllenydd — person who proofreads
  • Welsh: prawfddarllenydd — person who proofreads
  • Basque: zuzentzaile — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 校對員 /校对员 (jiāoduìyuán) — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Danish: korrekturlæser — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Faroese: rættlesari — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Finnish: oikolukija — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Finnish: korjauslukija — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • German: Korrekturleser — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • German: Korrektor — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Hungarian: korrektor — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Hungarian: lektor — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Icelandic: prófarkalesari — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Italian: correttore di bozze — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Italian: correttrice di bozze — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Manx: lhaihder prowal — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korrekturleser — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korrekturlesar — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Polish: korektor — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Portuguese: revisor — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Russian: корре́ктор (korréktor) — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Swedish: korrekturläsare — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Tagalog: tagabalibasa — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Welsh: diwygiwr — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Welsh: darllenydd — person whose occupation is to proofread
  • Welsh: prawfddarllenydd — person whose occupation is to proofread