newspaperwoman

[ nooz-pey-per-woom-uhn, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos- ]

noun

, plural news·pa·per·wom·en.

1. a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
2. a woman who is the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

newspaperwoman

/ ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor
2. the female owner or proprietor of a newspaper
3. a woman who sells newspapers in the street

Gender Note

See -woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of newspaperwoman¹

First recorded in 1880–85; newspaper + woman

Example Sentences

The smell of grease, paint and powder faded and she was a newspaperwoman again—the editor of the Herald.

From Project Gutenberg