columnist

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

/ ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /

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noun

the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.

RELATED WORDS

writer, reporter, correspondent

Nearby words

Origin of columnist

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

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Examples from the Web for columnist

No Labels co-founder and Daily Beast columnist Mark McKinnon is also an investor.
‘Ready for Romney’ Is Amateur Hour|Tim Mak|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
John L. Smith is a columnist with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Will Hyman Roth Return to Havana With Normalized Relations?|John L. Smith|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has written for Married… With Children, WKRP in Cincinnati, and is a columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News.
The Disaster Story That Hollywood Had Coming|Doug McIntyre|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The key is that Brown said what he—and probably a lot of other people—think,” wrote a columnist for the Boston Globe.
New Hampshire Says ‘No’ to Interloper Scott Brown|David Freedlander|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Doug McIntyre is Host of “McIntyre in the Morning” on Talk Radio 790 KABC in Los Angeles and a columnist for the L.A. Daily News.
Baseball’s Problem Is Politics’ Problem|Doug McIntyre|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The report, in the words of a Chicago columnist, was just "64 dam pages."
The Knack of Managing|Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
A financial consultant and columnist, he lived and published in 11 countries.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
Every columnist in town had something to say about that last installment of his novel.
Black Oxen|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for columnist

columnist

/ (ˈkɒləmɪst, -əmnɪst) /

noun

a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspapera gossip columnist

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Word Origin and History for columnist