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