columnist

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

noun

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

columnist

/ ˈkɒləmɪst; -əmnɪst /

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

Smith-Wilson is a board member and the immediate past Chair of the Board of Harlem United and has previously served on the board of the PRSA Foundation and as the Diversity & Inclusion columnist for PRWeek.

From Essence.com

Theologians such as Russell Moore and Tim Keller, columnists such as Pete Wehner and David Brooks and the conservative author Yuval Levin meet monthly, usually to discuss books about weighty matters of faith.

From Time

Popular columnist and cookbook author Alison Roman and several other prominent food figures have faced accusations of appropriating ingredients from different cultures, thus divorcing them from their historical significance.

From Ozy

We couldn’t help but wonder — to quote another famed gossip columnist-turned-narrator — if the clues really added up.

From Washington Post

Last year, Meghan McCain, the television personality and conservative columnist, became one of those lucky few when she had her first child, a girl she named Liberty, in September.

From Quartz

No Labels co-founder and Daily Beast columnist Mark McKinnon is also an investor.

From The Daily Beast

Gordon G. Chang is a Forbes.com columnist and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World.

From The Daily Beast

John L. Smith is a columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

From The Daily Beast

He has written for Married… With Children, WKRP in Cincinnati, and is a columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News.

From The Daily Beast

Since I was toiling away at the time as a gossip columnist for The Washington Post, I immediately called him back.

From The Daily Beast

Every columnist in town had something to say about that last installment of his novel.

From Project Gutenberg

Well make a regular columnist out of you, Martin, he teased.

From Project Gutenberg

A financial consultant and columnist, he lived and published in 11 countries.

From Project Gutenberg

The report, in the words of a Chicago columnist, was just "64 dam pages."

From Project Gutenberg

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