newspaperwoman

C2+ Topic:Media & Publishing
US /ˈnuzˌpeɪpərˌwʊmən/ UK /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    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... journalistreportercorrespondentnewswomaneditor
Word family
Related forms newspapernewspapermannewswoman

Etymology

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

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