columnist

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US /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/ UK /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/
noun Freq #26806

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

    a sports columnist

  2. 2
    noun

    a journalist who writes editorials

Etymology

From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

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Synonyms
2 noun · a journalist who writes... editorialist

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