English
redactor
From redact + -or.
A compound of redact + -or
Latin agō ‘put in motion, drive’
Latin redigō ‘drive, lead, collect, reduce’
Latin redactus
Old French redacter
English redact
Today it means
noun A person who redacts: one who edits or compiles texts; one who censors portions of them.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “redactor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / redactor