legman
Americannoun
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a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require presence in the office.
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Journalism. a reporter who gathers information by visiting news sources or by being present at news events.
noun
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a newsman who reports on news stories from the scene of action or original source
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a person employed to run errands, collect information, etc, outside an office
Etymology
Origin of legman
Example Sentences
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As a young legman, whose job was to file notes to senior reporters, Bernstein was at the White House when Kennedy’s coffin was returned in the early-morning hours after his assassination.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022
Since I then covered the tournament for Newsweek and wrote a column elsewhere that appeared only monthly, I had the time to act as his legman.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 23, 2020
Anderson’s first job in Washington was as a researcher — a legman, in the lingo — for the journalist Drew Pearson, the muckraking founder of “Washington Merry-Go-Round.”
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2010
Breitbart went to work for Drudge and served as his legman for 15 years, learning how to excavate news items from databases and wire-service feeds.
From Time • Mar. 29, 2010
All Grass Isn't Green�to be published next week �will be the last in the series, which features the exploits of Donald Lam, a small, smart legman for Bertha Cool, a plump, fortyish female private eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
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