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paragrapher

American  
[par-uh-graf-er, -grah-fer] / ˈpær əˌgræf ər, -ˌgrɑ fər /
especially British, paragraphist

noun

  1. a person who writes very short pieces or fillers for a newspaper.


Etymology

Origin of paragrapher

1815–25; paragraph ( def. ) + -er 1


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In 1953, when the Detroit News's able paragrapher, Harry V. Wade, moved up to editor of the News, Vaughan took over Wade's syndicated column, "Senator Soaper Says."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bill Vaughan, a latecomer to the trade, became a paragrapher by chance.

From Time Magazine Archive

An American lady paragrapher writes with malice that she is always able to go to sleep at her customary hour when reading Howells.

From Time Magazine Archive

For balance, Torchsinger Libby Holman was named vice chairman, and Mrs. Howard Brubaker, wife of a New Yorker paragrapher, executive secretary.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I hope to be famous some day, and if the American newspaper paragrapher ever got hold of the fact that once in my life I was Hiram, I'd have to Hiram to let me alone."

From The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs

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