Paxman
/ (ˈpæksmən) /
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noun
Jeremy (Dickson). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews
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How to use Paxman in a sentence
Do poets have a responsibility to speak with a raised voice—the sort Paxman is likely thinking of, one for the ages?
Paxman suspects that former British Home Secretary Michael Howard had interfered in an internal civil-service disciplinary matter.
British TV is famous for its confrontational interviewers: the Jeremy Paxman method, on display here in a clip from 1997.
The latest came from Jeremy Paxman, a BBC interviewer, on May 23.