columnist

[ kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist ]
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noun
  1. the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.

Origin of columnist

1
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; column + -ist

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How to use columnist in a sentence

  • It would be pointless now to go into those carping and unjust accusations directed at me by irresponsible newspaper columnists.

  • The various newspaper columnists, expanding on the theme, made even more atrocious puns.

    Hail to the Chief | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Women columnists were rare in tech, and she supposed she was good at it, too.

    Makers | Cory Doctorow
  • These editorials were vigorously rebutted by editors and columnists who as yet had not had a chance to try for the jackpot.

  • They were not nearly as immoral as certain newspaper columnists lying under the cloak of piety.

British Dictionary definitions for columnist

columnist

/ (ˈkɒləmɪst, -əmnɪst) /


noun
  1. a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper: a gossip columnist

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