newspaperwoman

American  

[nooz-pey-per-woom-uhn, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌwʊm ən, ˈnjuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnjus- /

noun

newspaperwomen plural

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.

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newspaperwoman British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən /

noun

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

2. the female owner or proprietor of a newspaper

3. a woman who sells newspapers in the street

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• newspaperwomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newspaperwoman

First recorded in 1880–85; newspaper + woman

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

newspaperwoman newspaperwomen

She was the highest-paid newspaperwoman in the Hearst organization, but the overwork came at a cost.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

But the first Black woman to run for vice president in the nation’s history was trailblazing newspaperwoman Charlotta Spears Bass.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2020

Instead, her fluency in Japanese and background as a newspaperwoman made her ideal for “morale operations” in Asia, also known as “black” propaganda — spreading authentic-sounding misinformation designed to demoralize and confuse the enemy.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2015

Journalism shaped her sensibilities, whether as newspaperwoman, magazine writer, essayist, blogger, social critic, novelist, interviewer, screenwriter, playwright or film director.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2012

A New York newspaperwoman; well, what do you suppose she is doing out here?

From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Parrish, Randall

Bob, who was taken from us far too young, taught a generation of newspapermen and newspaperwomen how to take our jobs seriously without taking ourselves seriously – to be skeptics without becoming cynics.

From Fox News ● Nov. 16, 2018

Just Folks Everything seemed to be coming to a head at once: Hollywood newspaperwomen did their annual voting, picked Ingrid Bergman and Frank Sinatra as the year's "least cooperative stars."

From Time Magazine Archive

Penny Fuller and Lindsay Anne Grouse appear as newspaperwomen who help out with leads at key moments—the former dizzily, the latter with touching reluctance to betray a lost love.

From Time Magazine Archive

Toward the end of the week, she invited newspaperwomen to pay her a last visit at the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

I remember a visit which three American newspaperwomen paid to him one day at his headquarters.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood