copygirl

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noun

A female copy editor.

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Meanings

nouncopygirl (plural copygirls)

plural copygirls · alternative copy girl

  1. journalismA female copy editor.

    One settled for a copygirl's job at $60 a week on a New York City daily. After two years she was still a copygirl with no promise or assurance of advancement.

    1965, Meyer L. Stein, Your Career in Journalism, Messner, page 32

Origin

From copy + girl.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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