pressman C2+ Topic:Media & Publishing 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... printerjournalistreporternewspapermanpressmen Word family Derived forms presswomanpresspeople Related forms pressnewspaper Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Media & Publishing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Media & Publishing - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown