newspaperman

C2+ Topic:Media & Publishing
US /ˈnuzˌpeɪpərˌmæn/ UK /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəmæn/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a man who writes for or owns a newspaper; a male journalist

    The grizzled newspaperman had covered three wars.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a man who writes for or... journalistreporterpressmannewsmancorrespondenteditor
Word family
Related forms newspapernewspaperwomannewsman

Etymology

A compound of newspaper (news + paper) + man, the whole an English formation of the 18th–19th century.

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