newsman
[nooz-man, -muh n, nyooz-]
- a person employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau; reporter.
- a person who reports the news on radio or television.
- a person who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.; newsdealer.
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Origin of newsman
Usage note
See -man.
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anchor, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub, interviewer, journalist, newscaster, writer, editor, stringerExamples from the Web for newsman
Contemporary Examples
“He was somewhat known to many millions of Americans, and he had some serious chops as a newsman,” Klein said.
To do so, the White House once again began trying to dig up dirt on the newsman.
But one newsman told me the other day that he always sells out of Alarma!
In April 1975, the newsman on top of the world, Walter Cronkite, generously gave me an hour-long interview.
Do you think as a newsman you should earn as much money as you do?
Historical Examples
We learnt also by the cries of the newsman the death of the Duc d'Orleans.
But my voice was faint; the newsman did not hear me and he went flying past.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
A lampoon in such an edition and given away by a newsman who knew him!
The Hero of the PeopleAlexandre Dumas
This cover can be obtained from any bookseller or newsman, price 1s.
Newsman's bread, botenbrt, was the term for the present given to a messenger.
The NibelungenliedUnknown
newsman
- informal a male newsreader or reporterGender-neutral forms: newsreader, reporter
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