columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist]

noun

1. the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.

columnist

/ -əmnɪst, ˈkɒləmɪst /

noun

1. a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper

   a gossip columnist

Word History and Origins

Origin of columnist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; column + -ist

Example Sentences

Athletic careers are typically brief, the window for earning far smaller than being, say, a lawyer, or a terrible sports columnist.

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Weiss publicly resigned from her role as an opinion columnist and editor at the New York Times five years ago with a blistering kiss-off.

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Awards columnist Glenn Whipp handicaps the best picture race as it stands right now.

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She has since led a number of documentaries and episodes of Panorama, and was a columnist for the Mirror.

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Corporations are the agents actually carrying out the firings and suspensions, as in the cases of Jimmy Kimmel and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah.

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Related Words

• correspondent 
• reporter 
• writer