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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

Roth was a “red diaper baby,” the Jewish son of communists; his father was newspaperman and university teacher and his mother was an executive at United Artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

A few years later, brunch was described by New York newspaperman Frank Ward O'Malley as "the typical mid-day eating habits of a newspaper reporter."

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2023

The Station Inspector leaned in close to Hugo’s face as the cafe owner and the newspaperman held tightly to each arm.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick