pressman
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈprɛsˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
periodista
- After years of experience, the veteran pressman earned recognition for his investigative journalism.
- newspaper pressman
Examples
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Her father worked as a pressman for a small newspaper, and her mother was a homemaker.
Academic text (1995) -
I'm the American pressman from tampico.
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(Joel Pressman was a very worthy successor, it must be said.)
Blog text (21) -
My uncle is a pressman for a local radio station, where he reports on community events.
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As a young pressman, he covered various political events for the city newspaper.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who finds and tells news on TV, radio, or newspapers
942
2.3
A person who reports news for a newspaper, magazine, TV, or website
684
4.4
A reporter who gives news from a place or about a particular subject
20
3.0
A man who finds and reports news for newspapers, radio, or TV
10
3.5
A man who writes or edits news for newspapers and other media
5
8.4
A person who reports news for newspapers, TV or websites
2
3.4
A person who reports news on radio or television
1
2.8
A person who finds and reports news for television, radio, or newspapers
1
4.8
A journalist who always looks for and reports news
1
3.3
A person who makes news articles for a newspaper or TV
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pressman can also mean a male journalist. In this use press came to mean 'the newspapers' or the group who report the news, often called 'the press', and man means a man, so a pressman is a man who works for newspapers or reports the news.