newswoman

[ nooz-woom-uhn, nyooz- ]

noun

, plural news·wom·en.

1. a woman employed to gather news, news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news news bureau.
2. a woman who reports the news news on radio or television.
3. a woman who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.

newswoman

/ ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən /

noun

1. informal.
   a female newsreader or reporter Gender-neutral formsnewsreaderreporter

Gender Note

See -woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of newswoman¹

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman

Example Sentences

He stopped to buy the paper that the boy on a bicycle was just giving our newswoman.

From Project Gutenberg

It had been an unfortunate occurrence, but surely it would be easy enough to find some one more reasonable than the old newswoman.

From Project Gutenberg