newspaperman

American  

[nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnyuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnyus- /

noun

plural

newspapermen

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

2. the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

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newspaperman British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌmæn /

noun

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

2. the male owner or proprietor of a newspaper

3. a man who sells newspapers in the street

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Gender

See -man.

Etymology

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

Example Sentences

Frederick became a newspaperman and a lawyer, and eventually his father’s trusted secretary.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the real import of the verdict may be to clear the path to a diplomatic deal that would free the 78-year-old newspaperman from his solitary cell in Lai Chi Kok prison.

From The Wall Street Journal

Me, a mild-mannered, bespectacled newspaperman, suddenly able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

From The Wall Street Journal

As newspapermen nationwide wielded “Southland” in rhetorical brawls, Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the new Los Angeles Daily Times, started doing the same.

From Los Angeles Times

Looking back at those papers isn’t just the nostalgia of an old newspaperman.

From Seattle Times