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

—Christopher is a tech columnist based in Baltimore.

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Michael Wolff, 72, is an American journalist and columnist - as well as a prolific author of books on the wealthy and the famous.

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Mexico, wrote columnist Mariana Campos in El Universal newspaper, “is fractured into zones where criminals set the rules, administer justice, charge taxes and decide who can be the mayor, who can be a businessman.”

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He was a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, book author, radio broadcaster, and star of more than 70 movies who was, for a time, Hollywood’s highest-paid actor.

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“We look like fools to our friends,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “rascals to our enemies and incompetents to the rest.”

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Related Words

• correspondent 
• reporter 
• writer