newspaperman

American  

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

noun

newspapermen plural

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.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• newspapermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

Example Sentences

Carter Glass left school at 13 to become a newspaperman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Born to slave-owning Confederate parents, Watson watched his family descend into poverty after the Civil War, and rose to prominence in Georgia politics as a lawyer and newspaperman who assailed the prevailing economic order.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

MacNeil, known as Robin, and Jim Lehrer, a former Texas newspaperman, formed one of television journalism’s most successful and enduring partnerships in 1975, when they launched what became “The PBS NewsHour.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

He’d been a Chicago Tribune newspaperman and an editor at, of all places, Popular Mechanics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

The newspaperman was daring the black bourgeoisie in Durham and across the nation to join in a new and more aggressive struggle.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson