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newspaperman

newspaperman

10 3.5
A man who writes or edits news for newspapers and other media
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpərˌmæn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : periodista
  • I have been a newspaperman all my life.

Examples

  • I can ensure that every newspaperman from Louisville to San Francisco will be here to witness it and print it.

  • I mean, I was raised by a newspaperman, and, well, I don't know, I guess it just gets in your blood.

  • The greatest story a newspaperman ever had.

  • The newspaperman realized that this was no joke.

    Academic text (2009)
  • As a former newspaperman himself, he liked having a writer with a reporting background finishing his work.

    Blog text (18)
  • You know, it's not often a man has a chance to meet either a great newspaperman or a great American, but here we have both right in the same person.

  • After a long career as a newspaperman, he was seldom excited and certainly never thrilled.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • My granddaddy was a Baptist minister, my daddy a newspaperman.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I'm not a newspaperman who strives for sensation or controversy.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • As a veteran newspaperman, he covered major events around the world.

Synonyms

reporter
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
1.1

A person who finds and tells news on TV, radio, or newspapers

is the same overall job but specified as male and includes editing
journalist
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
942 2.3

A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website

is the male-specific form of this general profession
correspondent
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
684 4.4

A reporter who gives news from a place or about a particular subject

is the male form but not tied to a location or subject
pressman
vsnewspaperman
  • Archaic
39 5.8

A man who reports news for a newspaper or TV

is the broader term for a male news professional
newsman
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
20 3.0

A man who finds and reports news for newspapers, radio, or TV

is the same role but specified as male
journo
vsnewspaperman
  • Slang
5 8.4

A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites

is the formal male term rather than slang
newsperson
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
1 2.8

A person who finds and reports news for television, radio, or newspapers

is the male-specific version rather than gender neutral
newshound
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
1 4.8

A journalist who always looks for and reports news

is the male professional without stressing eagerness
newswriter
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
1 3.3

A person who makes news articles for a newspaper or TV

focuses on the same male role but adds editing
scooper
vsnewspaperman
  • Jargon
6.3

A journalist who gets and publishes important news before others

is the male journalist role without exclusive focus
paragrapher
vsnewspaperman
  • Literature
8.0

A writer of short pieces for newspapers or magazines

is the male journalist role but broader than short pieces

How Experienced

veteran
153 4.1
newspaperman
  • Archaic
10 3.5
reporter
  • Literature
1.1
cub
  • Archaic
18 5.5

Surface Forms

newspaperman singular
newspapermen plural

Morphology

newspaperman = newspaper + man (transparent) = newspaper + man

A direct compound of 'newspaper' + 'man'; learners who know the components can infer 'a man who works for a newspaper'.

Etymology

Newspaperman is simply newspaper + man, where newspaper is 'news' printed on paper and man means a 'person' who does a job, just like in postman. So a newspaperman is a person who writes or edits news for a newspaper.