pressman

[pres-muhn]

noun

plural

pressmen 

1. a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.

2. British.,  a writer or reporter for the press.

pressman

/ -ˌmæn, ˈprɛsmən /

noun

1. a person who works for the press

2. a person who operates a printing press

Word History and Origins

Origin of pressman¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; press ¹ + -man

Example Sentences

The Post’s pressmen went on strike, destroying the paper’s printing presses and staging a massive picket line in which one sign taunted her with her husband’s suicide: “Phil shot the wrong Graham.”

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No labor action has stopped publication of The Times since a strike of pressmen and others in 1978, which lasted 88 days.

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His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.

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So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.

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A floor or two below, another room full of linotypists and pressmen was preparing to create the rumble of the presses that Bernstein would feel under his feet.

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