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newswoman

[ nooz-woo m-uh n, nyooz- ]
/ ˈnuzˌwʊm ən, ˈnyuz- /
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noun, plural news·wom·en.

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.

Words related to newswoman

anchor, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub, interviewer, journalist, newscaster, writer, editor, stringer

Words nearby newswoman

newsroom, newsstand, newsvendor, newsweekly, newswire, newswoman, newsworthy, newswriting, newsy, newt, newton

Origin of newswoman

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman

usage note for newswoman

See -woman.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for newswoman

  • He stopped to buy the paper that the boy on a bicycle was just giving our newswoman.

    Paris Vistas|Helen Davenport Gibbons

British Dictionary definitions for newswoman

newswoman
/ (ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən) /

noun plural -women

informal a female newsreader or reporterGender-neutral forms: newsreader, 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