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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

The ambush was done skillfully: one anonymous paragrapher wrote slyly that a reader "has been for several days afflicted with a lethargy, owing to the perusal of three chapters" of Hawkins' book.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Here's poor Jim, the keenest paragrapher in San Francisco, out of work since the Chronicle's gone to the wall.

From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)