corrector

Etymology

From Middle English corrector, correctour, equivalent to correct + -or.

noun

  1. One who corrects.“Wisdom is not the most severe corrector of folly.”
  2. A proofreader.“Seeing therefore those who now possess the employment by all evident signs wish themselves well rid of it; and that no man of worth, none that is not a plain unthrift of his own hours, is ever likely to succeed them, except he mean to put himself to the salary of a press corrector; we may easily foresee what kind of licensers we are to expect hereafter, either ignorant, imperious, and remiss, or b”
  3. A director or governor.