newspaperwoman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈnuzˌpeɪpərˌwʊmən/ UK /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a woman who writes for or owns a newspaper; a female journalist

As a young newspaperwoman she broke the story of the scandal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a woman who writes for or... journalist reporter correspondentnewswomaneditor

Word family

Related forms newspaper newspapermannewswoman

Etymology

A compound of newspaper (news + paper) + woman, formed by analogy with newspaperman.

wīfmann Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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