newsagent

American  

[nooz-ey-juhnt, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌeɪ dʒənt, ˈnjuz- /

noun

Chiefly British.

• newsagents
  plural

1. newsdealer.

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newsagent British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt /

noun

1. a shopkeeper who sells newspapers, stationery, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• newsagents
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newsagent

First recorded in 1850–55; news + agent

Example Sentences

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Rishi Davda, 36, grew up at his family's newsagent down the road after his parents came to Handsworth in the 1970s.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

"I went into the newsagent to buy a can of Coke and a Mars bar or something and the papers were just covered," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

On 8 September he was recorded in a newsagent reading articles about his alleged escape in the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, before buying the former paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

Throughout the second half of the 20th Century, the weekly trip to a local newsagent to pick up your favourite music magazine was a rite of passage for millions of British teenagers.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2023

They followed him out of the school and up the road, past the corner newsagent, and across the railway bridge.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Charles Brown, who has run C&M Brown newsagents just a stone's throw from the Tolbooth for more than two decades, said the impact would be huge.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Many people knew him from running a newsagents in the city, she said, describing him as "just a lovely guy".

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Amjid Hafiz owns Latte Caffe on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield, which has served as a newsagents and sweet shop since it was first built as a toilet.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

There was an animated series and packets of trading cards were available at most newsagents across the country.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025

We count it.We take it to the newsagents.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt