pressman

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈprɛsmən/ UK /ˈprɛsmən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who operates a printing press, or a newspaper journalist

The veteran pressman could fix any jam on the old machine.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who operates a... printer journalist reporter newspapermanpressmen

Word family

Derived forms presswomanpresspeople

Related forms press newspaper

Etymology

A compound of press (the printing press or the news media, from Old French presse) + man (from Old English mann 'human being, person').

presse Old French mann Old English

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# pressman

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈprɛsmən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈprɛsmən/

## Meanings
1. a person who operates a printing press, or a newspaper journalist

## Examples
- The veteran pressman could fix any jam on the old machine.

## Synonyms
- printer
- journalist
- reporter
- newspaperman
- pressmen

## Derived Forms
- presswoman
- presspeople

## Related Forms
- press
- newspaper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: presse
- Root: mann

## Etymology
A compound of press (the printing press or the news media, from Old French presse) + man (from Old English mann 'human being, person').

## AI Etymology
Pressman is a compound of press (the printing press or the news media, from Old French presse) + man (from Old English mann 'human being, person'). Important recorded forms include presse (Old French) and mann (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who operates a printing press, or a newspaper journalist. The wider family includes derived forms such as presswoman and presspeople and related words such as press and newspaper.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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