newspaperman

American  

[nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnyuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnyus- /

noun

newspapermen plural

1. a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.

2. the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

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newspaperman British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌmæn /

noun

1. a man who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor

2. the male owner or proprietor of a newspaper

3. a man who sells newspapers in the street

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Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• newspapermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

Example Sentences

As if the beleaguered newspaperman hadn’t suffered enough, authorities filed a motion to seize Mr. Lai’s “offense-related properties.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Born to slave-owning Confederate parents, Watson watched his family descend into poverty after the Civil War, and rose to prominence in Georgia politics as a lawyer and newspaperman who assailed the prevailing economic order.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

MacNeil, known as Robin, and Jim Lehrer, a former Texas newspaperman, formed one of television journalism’s most successful and enduring partnerships in 1975, when they launched what became “The PBS NewsHour.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

He’d been a Chicago Tribune newspaperman and an editor at, of all places, Popular Mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

The Station Inspector leaned in close to Hugo’s face as the cafe owner and the newspaperman held tightly to each arm.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick