Meanings
plural editorships
- The position or job of being an editor
With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 622 more examples
While this was tremendous fun, the week also revealed the limitations and sometimes bumpy consequences of the guest editorships.
2009 January 3, Elisabeth Mahoney, “Radio 4's Today programme livened up by guest editors”, in The GuardianPeter 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.
2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 46
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
- Proto-Italic*didō
- Latindō
- Latinēdō
- Medieval Latinēditor
- Englisheditor
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englisheditorship
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 編輯工作 /编辑工作
- 編輯工作 /编辑工作 (biānjí gōngzuò)the position or job of being an editor
Irish eagarthóireacht
- eagarthóireachtthe position or job of being an editor
Russian реда́кция
- реда́кция (redákcija)the position or job of being an editor
Cite this entry
editorship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editorship
“editorship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/editorship. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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