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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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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

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

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

I was obliged to ask the paragrapher to write my next day's leader.

From Arms and the Woman by MacGrath, Harold

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