newspaperman

[ nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos- ]

/ ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnyuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnyus- /

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noun, plural news·pa·per·men.

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

the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

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Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

usage note for newspaperman

See -man.

Words nearby newspaperman

new sol, New South, New South Wales, New Spain, newspaper, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newspeak, news peg, newsperson, newsprint

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How to use newspaperman in a sentence

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Baron is a lifelong newspaperman, highly respected in the business.
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Remember when Rupert Murdoch was the ‘last great newspaperman’?
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The widow of a wealthy Pittsburgh newspaperman, she was now active in Pennsylvania suffrage organizations.
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I know all about deadlines; I was a newspaperman when you were vainly suckling canine dugs.
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Swanson didn't look like the general conception of a small-town newspaperman.
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Steele, a former newspaperman, learned from his association with that other arch-patriot, Jung.
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But we did not suppose it possible to catch an American newspaperman with such a bare hook as that.
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British Dictionary definitions for newspaperman

newspaperman

/ (ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌmæn) /

noun plural -men

a man who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor

the male owner or proprietor of a newspaper

a man who sells newspapers in the street

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newspaperman

Origin of newspaperman

usage note for newspaperman

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