newswoman

American

[nooz-woom-uhn, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌwʊm ən, ˈnyuz- /

noun

a woman employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau.
a woman who reports the news on radio or television.
a woman who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.

newswoman British

/ ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən /

noun

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

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Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

newswomen

plural

Etymology

Origin of newswoman

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman

Example Sentences

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Still, Greene praised Stahl, a veteran 81-year-old newswoman, in a Twitter post on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

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

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2022

She was inspired to work in television news, she said, by Mary Richards, the Minneapolis newswoman of the sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2020

A newswoman and a private eye probe a murder confused by separated Siamese twins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2020

A TV cameraman and a newswoman jumped out of a van, looked over the kids, and walked up to Jose.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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