Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who emends.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who emends.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
emends .
Etymologies
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emend + -er
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Examples
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Some editors prefer not to overrule an author's own spellings, while Gabler is an eager emender.
More on the New 'Ulysses' Groden, Michael 1988
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