Meanings
nounproofreader (plural proofreaders)
plural proofreaders · alternative proof reader · alternative proof-reader
- A person who proofreads.
- A person whose occupation is to proofread.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque zuzentzaile
- zuzentzaileperson whose occupation is to proofread
Bulgarian коректор
- коректор (korektor)person who proofreads
Catalan corrector de textos, correctora de textos
- corrector de textosperson who proofreads
- correctora de textosperson who proofreads
Chinese Mandarin 校對員 /校对员, 校對員 /校对员
- 校對員 /校对员 (jiāoduìyuán)person who proofreads
- 校對員 /校对员 (jiāoduìyuán)person whose occupation is to proofread
Danish korrekturlæser, korrekturlæser
- korrekturlæserperson who proofreads
- korrekturlæserperson whose occupation is to proofread
Dutch corrector, corrector
- correctorperson who proofreads
- correctorperson whose occupation is to proofread
Finnish oikolukija, korjauslukija
- oikolukijaperson who proofreads
- korjauslukijaperson who proofreads
- oikolukijaperson whose occupation is to proofread
- korjauslukijaperson whose occupation is to proofread
French relecteur, relectrice
- relecteurperson who proofreads
- relectriceperson who proofreads
German Korrekturleser, Korrekturleser
- Korrekturleserperson who proofreads
- Korrekturleserperson whose occupation is to proofread
- Korrektorperson whose occupation is to proofread
Hebrew מַגִּיהַּ
- מַגִּיהַּ (magíah)person who proofreads
Hungarian korrektor, lektor
- korrektorperson who proofreads
- lektorperson who proofreads
- korrektorperson whose occupation is to proofread
- lektorperson whose occupation is to proofread
Icelandic prófarkalesari, prófarkalesari
- prófarkalesariperson who proofreads
- prófarkalesariperson whose occupation is to proofread
Irish léitheoir profaí
- léitheoir profaíperson who proofreads
Italian correttore di bozze, correttrice di bozze
- correttore di bozzeperson whose occupation is to proofread
- correttrice di bozzeperson whose occupation is to proofread
Korean 교정자
- 교정자 (gyojeongja)person who proofreads
Norwegian Bokmål korrekturleser, korrekturleser
- korrekturleserperson who proofreads
- korrekturleserperson whose occupation is to proofread
Polish korektor, korektor
- korektorperson who proofreads
- korektorperson whose occupation is to proofread
Portuguese revisor, revisor
- revisorperson who proofreads
- revisorperson whose occupation is to proofread
Russian корре́ктор, корре́ктор
- корре́ктор (korréktor)person who proofreads
- корре́ктор (korréktor)person whose occupation is to proofread
Spanish corrector de pruebas, corrector
- corrector de pruebasperson who proofreads
- correctorperson who proofreads
Swedish korrekturläsare, korrekturläsare
- korrekturläsareperson who proofreads
- korrekturläsareperson whose occupation is to proofread
Tagalog tagabalibasa, tagabalibasa
- tagabalibasaperson who proofreads
- tagabalibasaperson whose occupation is to proofread
Welsh diwygiwr, darllenydd
- diwygiwrperson who proofreads
- darllenyddperson who proofreads
- prawfddarllenyddperson who proofreads
- diwygiwrperson whose occupation is to proofread
- darllenyddperson whose occupation is to proofread
- prawfddarllenyddperson whose occupation is to proofread
Cite this entry
APA
proofreader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proofreader
MLA
“proofreader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proofreader. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proofreader,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proofreader.
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