Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which sets right, or renders conformable to a certain standard, usage, or rule, or to an original or a model; one who corrects errors.
- noun One who or that which counteracts or removes whatever is injurious, obnoxious, or defective: as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of acidity, etc.
- noun One who amends or corrects, or seeks to amend or correct, the character or conduct of another, by criticism, reproof, or chastisement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, corrects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One that
corrects .
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Examples
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Millionaire stingray tail spousal corporal corrector is stuffed, piscatorially.
Archive 2007-06-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Millionaire stingray tail spousal corporal corrector is stuffed, piscatorially.
Archive 2007-06-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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So when he asked what I wanted to buy, I said that the corrector was a MUST have.
Free and Flawed freeandflawed 2010
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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768 – 1829): Mexico History
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768 – 1829): Mexico History
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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But how did it come to acquire such a name, which -- quite literally -- means "corrector" in Spanish?
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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But how did it come to acquire such a name, which -- quite literally -- means "corrector" in Spanish?
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768 – 1829) by
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768 – 1829) by
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez: a politically correct "corrector" (1768–1829) 2008
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I haven't been paying too much attention to this story, but it is kind of funny that the "corrector" makes so many English errors.
What 1000s of Errors? "Please Stop" v2.0 Michael Turton 2009
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