newspaper columnist
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- /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpər ˈkɒləmnɪst/
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- Many readers trust their local newspaper columnist for honest takes on local issues.
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Examples
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She has been an award-winning radio talk show host, a newspaper columnist, and a small business owner.
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He's worked as a newspaper columnist, magazine editor, freelance writer, and a few other things that he would rather not discuss.
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"Dogs are for people who can't have kids," a gay newspaper columnist told me recently.
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One is from Will Rogers, whose humor and cowboy mannerisms had made him a popular newspaper columnist.
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While I have never been a full-time newspaper columnist, I have written columns for five different newspapers as an editor or reporter.
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Paul Foer is a newspaper columnist and Merchant Marine officer based in Annapolis, MD.
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A good friend of mine, another newspaper columnist, writes to provoke his long-suffering mother-in-law—and in so doing, he provokes thousands of people who share her values.
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A relieved music teacher, ecstatic students, proud parents, happy administrators, and a local newspaper columnist acclaim the cultural resource merits of the musical about a runaway slave who became the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
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As a newspaper columnist, she shares her opinions on current events every Friday.
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The seasoned newspaper columnist provided insightful commentary on the recent election.
Synonyms
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A journalist who writes a regular opinion article in a newspaper or magazine
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A journalist who writes opinion articles for a newspaper or magazine
A writer of short pieces for newspapers or magazines
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents: 'newspaper' (a printed periodical) modifies 'columnist' (a journalist who writes a regular column), yielding a journalist who writes columns for a newspaper. This modifier + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular English noun-compounding rules, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Newspaper columnist comes from the word column, the long narrow space in a paper set aside for the same writer's words. Because that writer had a fixed 'regular spot' to share their views, a 'newspaper columnist' now means a journalist who writes regular 'opinion' or commentary pieces.