editorship

English

Etymology

From editor +‎ -ship.

Noun

editorship (plural editorships)

1. The position or job of being an editor
   • 1942 February, Railway Magazine, page 62:

     With this issue Mr. W. A. Willox regretfully relinquishes the editorship of THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE

   • 2009 January 3, Elisabeth Mahoney, “Radio 4's Today programme livened up by guest editors”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     While this was tremendous fun, the week also revealed the limitations and sometimes bumpy consequences of the guest editorships.

   • 2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 46:

     Peter gained his first editorship with Motor Cycle, before joining EMAP to eventually edit Motor Cycle Mechanics (later Performance Bikes and now Practical Sportsbikes) in 1978.

Translations

the position or job of being an editor

• Bashkir: редакция (redaktsiya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯工作／编辑工作 (biānjí gōngzuò)

• Irish: eagarthóireacht f
• Kazakh: редакция (redaksiä)
• Russian: реда́кция (ru) f (redákcija)