newswoman

[nooz-woo m-uh n, nyooz-]

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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.

Origin of newswoman

First recorded in 1925–30; news + -woman

Usage note

See -woman.

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Related Words for newswoman

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

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Historical Examples of newswoman

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

British Dictionary definitions for newswoman

newswoman

noun plural -women

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

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