columnist
the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.
Origin of columnist
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How to use columnist in a sentence
Attacked on Twitter and by outraged columnists for promoting sexism, Taylor issued a tearful public apology.
Right-wing columnists call for Eric Holder to launch a full-scale federal investigation on racial profiling at the White House.
Obama, the Coffee Salute, and the Dementia on the Right | Sally Kohn | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth Nemtsov and Navalny have appeared on lists of “Fifth Columnists,” or traitors, for their opposition views.
There’s No Evidence the Ukrainian Army Crucified a Child in Slovyansk | Anna Nemtsova | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTColumnists write that we must make it more relevant, while politicians growl about making it more efficient.
I also read and occasionally argue with the columnists who light up its op-ed page.
The Hypocrisy Behind The New York Times’s Abrupt Decapitation of Jill Abramson | Robert Shrum | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It would be pointless now to go into those carping and unjust accusations directed at me by irresponsible newspaper columnists.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreThe various newspaper columnists, expanding on the theme, made even more atrocious puns.
Hail to the Chief | Gordon Randall GarrettWomen columnists were rare in tech, and she supposed she was good at it, too.
Makers | Cory DoctorowThese editorials were vigorously rebutted by editors and columnists who as yet had not had a chance to try for the jackpot.
Mr. Chipfellow's Jackpot | Dick PurcellThey were not nearly as immoral as certain newspaper columnists lying under the cloak of piety.
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest | J. Frank Dobie
British Dictionary definitions for columnist
/ (ˈkɒləmɪst, -əmnɪst) /
a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper: a gossip columnist
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