A person who reads and edits text for grammar, accuracy, clarity, and style in a newspaper, magazine, or publishing house; a copy editor.
From copyread; emerged in late 19th-century American journalism when large newspapers needed specialized editors to process the volume of incoming copy.
The great copyreaders were like literary surgeons—they could fix a mangled sentence in seconds and catch the kind of error that would make a headline wrong, making the job equal parts technical skill and intuitive understanding of language.
Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.