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newswoman

American  
[nooz-woom-uhn, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌwʊm ən, ˈnjuz- /

noun

  • newswomen
    plural
  1. a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.

  2. a woman who reports the news on radio or television.

  3. a woman who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.


newswoman British  
/ ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən /

noun

  1. Gender-neutral forms: newsreader, reporter. informal a female newsreader or reporter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of newswoman

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman


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A bachelor for much of his life, Greenspan dated newswoman Barbara Walters in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The picture’s youth movement is particularly emphasized by the filmmakers’ decision to make the turtles’ longtime human friend April O’Neil, in all previous incarnations an adult white newswoman, a Black teen voiced by Ayo Edebiri.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

For instance, when the newswoman did her sign protest, Novaya Gazeta had to blur out her poster.

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2022

A French TV newswoman interviews friends and foes of the missing Inspector Clouseau.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2020

“What is your name?” the newswoman asked, holding the mike close to his face.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

During a commercial break, a throng of TV newswomen she had paved the way for — including Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Robin Roberts and Connie Chung — posed with her for a group portrait.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

With her fellow newswomen Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer, she began to change the journalistic landscape.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019

Was your “Weekend Update” persona based on real newswomen?

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 17, 2019

The group includes Pauley and other trailblazing newswomen such as Diane Sawyer, Lynn Sherr and the late Jessica Savitch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2018

Katy Tur was greeted like a new member of a sorority of top TV newswomen.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017

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