newspaperman

American  

[nooz-pay-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnjuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnjus- /

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

Noun Inflected Forms

• newspapermen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

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Example Sentences

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newspaperman newspapermen

One enraptured newspaperman watched them at work in 1866 and wrote:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the real import of the verdict may be to clear the path to a diplomatic deal that would free the 78-year-old newspaperman from his solitary cell in Lai Chi Kok prison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

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

The newspaperman called again to say he had found some photographs taken at Westingtown parties twenty years ago.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

His father Sir Keith Murdoch, one of Australia's most distinguished newspapermen, died in 1953 and left the family a controlling share of a single newspaper, the Adelaide News.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023

In a portrait here she appears wrapped up in satin: a challenge to all newspapermen to step up their fashion game.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

A vanguard of horsemen cleared the thoroughfares and the appointed judges, physicians and newspapermen followed in automobiles.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2020

A week later, Harding and 10 other black newspapermen gathered for cocktails at the Last Word Club on South Central Avenue at Walsh’s invitation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2017

There is a stir at the entrance, newspapermen swarming, flashbulbs popping.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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