Correctors

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who find and fix mistakes in texts or work ; tools or agents used to rectify defects or improve quality
2. Persons tasked with identifying and amending errors, especially in writing or speech ; items or compounds designed to adjust or enhance function or appearance
3. Those who review and repair inaccuracies in documents or performances ; apparatus or chemicals applied to correct or optimize conditions

Etymology: "Correctors" is simply the plural of "corrector", so it names the people (or things) who fix errors. The singular "corrector" came into Middle English from Latin "corrector", meaning one who sets something right, and it is built from "correct" plus the agent suffix "-or", which marks a doer of the action. The same pattern gives us "editor", "director" and "tutor", all words for people who take charge of a process or a text. The root "correct" traces back through Old French to Latin "corrigere", meaning to make straight or set right, from "com-" (together, intensive here) and "regere" (to rule or guide). The sense of straightening something out is still visible: a corrector literally puts a crooked thing back in line.

Synonyms: editors, revisers, alterers, rectifiers, amenders

Antonyms: mistakers, falsifiers, deceivers, incorrectors, impairs