newspaperwoman

[ nooz-pey-per-woom-uhn, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos- ]
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noun,plural news·pa·per·wom·en.
  1. a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.

  2. a woman who is the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

Origin of newspaperwoman

1
First recorded in 1880–85; newspaper + woman

usage note For newspaperwoman

See -woman.

Words Nearby newspaperwoman

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How to use newspaperwoman in a sentence

  • The smell of grease, paint and powder faded and she was a newspaperwoman again—the editor of the Herald.

    Helen in the Editor's Chair | Ruthe S. Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for newspaperwoman

newspaperwoman

/ (ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən) /


nounplural -women
  1. a woman who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor

  2. the female owner or proprietor of a newspaper

  1. a woman who sells newspapers in the street

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