newswoman

[ nooz-woom-uhn, nyooz- ]
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noun,plural news·wom·en.
  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.

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

Origin of newswoman

1
First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman

usage note For newswoman

See -woman.

Words Nearby newswoman

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How to use newswoman in a sentence

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

    Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • It had been an unfortunate occurrence, but surely it would be easy enough to find some one more reasonable than the old newswoman.

    Betty's Happy Year | Carolyn Wells

British Dictionary definitions for newswoman

newswoman

/ (ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən) /


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

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