deskman

American  

[desk-man, -muhn] / ˈdɛskˌmæn, -mən /

noun

deskmen plural

1. Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.

2. a person who works at a desk.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• deskmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of deskman

First recorded in 1890–95; desk + man

Example Sentences

They paused as a telephone buzzed, and stared at the deskman who picked it up.

From Time Magazine Archive

In comparison to Voight's unswerving dedication, Beatty's mania seems just about as workaday as a deskman collecting box scores from the local high schools.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only San Francisco paper that did not run the pictures was the Chronicle, whose deskman could not be reached when the agency was peddling the prints.

From Time Magazine Archive

Any deskman in the top-ranking E Ring of the Pentagon knows that a new Secretary should appear tongue-tied by military terminology, respectful of military uniform, and humble at the talk of potential military destruction.

From Time Magazine Archive

But new-comers pressed forward and kept trying to convince the deskman that he had rooms somewhere, rooms that he had forgotten, or was saving for people who would never arrive.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry