newspaperwoman

American  

[nooz-pey-per-woom-uhn, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌwʊm ən, ˈnjuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnjus- /

noun

newspaperwomen plural

1. a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.

2. a woman who is the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

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newspaperwoman British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor

2. the female owner or proprietor of a newspaper

3. a woman who sells newspapers in the street

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• newspaperwomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newspaperwoman

First recorded in 1880–85; newspaper + woman

Example Sentences

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell said in a newspaper column that the Ashes would be decided by the superior fast bowling unit.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

The mixing of church and state struck me as inappropriate and possibly unconstitutional, and I wrote a newspaper column about the incident that hit a nerve with Jewish readers around the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

That may be just a more congenial way to encounter a set of ideas you disagree with than a newspaper column that tries to make a particular argument or point.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

After he declined to run for reelection in 1928, former President Coolidge wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

In 1939 she was just beginning to use her “My Day” newspaper column as her own political forum, where she could express her personal ideas and convictions.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman