Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CORRECTOR
n. 1. One who corrects; one who amends faults, retrenches error, and renders conformable to truth or propriety, or to any standard; as a corrector of the press; a corrector of abuses.
2. One who punishes for correction; one who amends or reforms by chastisement, reproof or instruction.
3. That which corrects; that which abates or removes what is noxious or inconvenient; an ingredient in a composition which abates or counteracts the force of another; as, an alkali is a corrector of acids.
Turpentine is a corrector of quicksilver.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORRECTOR
Cor *rect "or (kr-rkt "r ), n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.
CORRECTORY
CORRECTORY Cor *rect "o *ry (--r ), a.
Defn: Containing or making correction; corrective.
New American Oxford Dictionary
corrector
cor rec tor |kəˈrektər kəˈrɛktər | ▶noun a person or thing that corrects something, esp. a computer program or electronic device with a specified function: a spelling corrector.
Spanish Dictionary
corrector, -ra
corrector, -ra adjetivo /nombre masculino 1 Que corrige faltas, defectos o problemas :medidas correctoras; una crema correctora de arrugas; se introducirá un coeficiente corrector que permita descontar el efecto de la inflación sobre las amortizaciones .2 nombre masculino y femenino Persona que tiene por oficio corregir las faltas de ortografía y redacción de un texto antes de su impresión definitiva :corrector de pruebas; corrector de estilo .
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