EIC

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A form of editor-in-chief — The highest-ranking editor on an editorial staff.

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Meanings

nounEIC (plural EICs)

plural EICs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of editor-in-chief.

    This issue also marks a turning point for me: It will be my last as editor. […] So we're off to Germany, and I'm ending my tenure as EIC.

    2010 September, Stephen Schenkenberg, "Many Big ideas, One Big Transition", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 16
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of engineer in charge.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of East India Company.

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Also see
editor-in-chief

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APA

EIC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EIC

MLA

“EIC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EIC. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “EIC,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EIC.

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