columnist

B1 Topic:Media & Publishing

US /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/ UK /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
A writer who regularly produces an article or column for a newspaper or magazine.

He works as a sports columnist for a national paper.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a writer who regularly... editorialist

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Forms columnists

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gossip columnist
a journalist who writes regularly about celebrities' personal lives

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

*kʷel- Proto-Indo-European

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