[SUB- 6.] A subordinate editor; one who sub-edits.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. I. iii. Clerk Tallien, he also is become sub-editor; shall become able-editor.
1883. Black, Shandon Bells, xxx. I daresay I should … be the sub-editor of the Cork Chronicle.
Hence Sub-editorship, the position of sub-editor.
1855. Hyde Clarke, Dict., 383.
1862. Thackeray, Philip, xxx. He had her vote for the sub-editorship.
