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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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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

So rare is the professional paragrapher that Vaughan is occasionally credited with being the last of the breed.

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

As a spicy paragrapher, originator of attractive news features, and as a keen observer of popular tastes, he has few equals and no superiors in the army of Afro-American journalists.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp

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