referenceeditor
nounUK /ˈrɛfərəns ˈɛdɪtə/
US /ˈrɛfərəns ˈɛdɪtər/
A person who checks and fixes the small details in a book or article.
The reference editor made sure every name and date in the story was correct.
RELATED WORDS
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A tool in a computer program that helps you manage and edit links to sources.
She used the reference editor to update all the website links in her report.
3. Someone who organizes the list of sources at the end of a written work.
The reference editor arranged the bibliography in alphabetical order.
4. A person who reviews and corrects the notes that point readers to other information.
Our reference editor spotted a wrong page number in the footnotes.