pressman
Americannoun
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a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
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British. a writer or reporter for the press.
noun
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a person who works for the press
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a person who operates a printing press
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Origin of pressman
Example Sentences
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“Yeah, and in those days, Macy’s was the big advertiser,” said pressman Joaquin Velazquez, 65.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024
“It was all pretty good stuff,” said Tony Johnson, a close friend and a former P-I pressman.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2018
Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman with a long history of paranoia and manic depression, had been placed on permanent disability leave.
From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2016
He was a past pressman for The Washington Post and a deacon and member of Bethlehem Church of God Holiness in Washington.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2015
But it was only a pressman, rather more than usually tired, who answered.
From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent
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