newspaperman

American  

[nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-] / ˈnuzˌpeɪ pərˌmæn, ˈnjuz-, ˈnus-, ˈnjus- /

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

Noun Inflected Forms

• newspapermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of newspaperman

First recorded in 1800–10; newspaper + -man

Example Sentences

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 • Dec. 15, 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

Toward the end of 1926, Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter who would co-father “Citizen Kane,” telegrammed his friend Ben Hecht, the newspaperman who was finding himself between gigs and behind on his rent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 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

A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver