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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
proofreader

also proof-reader, 1808, from proof (n.) in the typographical sense + reader.

Wiktionary
proofreader

alt. 1 A person who proofreads. 2 A person whose occupation is to proofread. n. 1 A person who proofreads. 2 A person whose occupation is to proofread.

WordNet
proofreader

n. someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections [syn: reader]

Usage examples of "proofreader".

Etaoin, the proofreader, a mass of words to be examined for possible error both of omission and commission, manner and matter.

Produced by Ted Garvin, Dave Morgan and PG Distributed Proofreaders MAKING THE HOUSE A HOME By Edgar A.

Produced by Ted Garvin, Dave Morgan and PG Distributed Proofreaders Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.

E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Bonny Fafard, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders HENRY THE SECOND BY MRS.

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David Garcia and Distributed Proofreaders Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US unless a copyright notice is included.

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Bradley Norton and PG Distributed Proofreaders Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.

Thank you also to copyeditor Carol Catt, scanner Michael Mitchell, and proofreader Steve Friedeman for your careful work.

The day-shift reporters and deskmen straggled in about seven, and the night-shift types -- sports people, proofreaders and make-up men -- usually arrived en masse around midnight.

With my experience working as a freelance copyeditor for Ace Books (under my father's stern tutelage) during high school, I landed a job in one of the last hot-type printing houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a proofreader, then later, a dual position as proofreader and darkroom technician for one of the very first computerized printing houses in the industry.