newsman

[ nooz-man, -muhn, nyooz- ]
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noun,plural news·men [nooz-men, -muhn]. /ˈnuzˌmɛn, -mən/.
  1. a person employed to gather news, as for a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television news bureau; reporter.

  2. a person who reports the news on radio or television.

  1. a person who sells or distributes newspapers, periodicals, etc.; newsdealer.

Origin of newsman

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; news + man

usage note For newsman

See -man.

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How to use newsman in a sentence

  • This Volume can be obtained from any bookseller or newsman, or it will be sent post free for 5s.

  • The newsman, who was also carrying a tray of coffee, was a huge creature, with a white apron and a paper cap.

    The Eternal City | Hall Caine
  • Fouquet heard of it, and found means to send, by the hands of Madame Scudéry, a year's allowance to the faithful newsman.

  • Frances likes to look at it and I have ordered the newsman at the corner to deliver me the Sunday number regularly.

    A Top-Floor Idyl | George van Schaick
  • It is averred that one American journal, the Danbury newsman, contains nothing but merriment—a fearful idea!

    Lost Leaders | Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for newsman

newsman

/ (ˈnjuːzˌmæn) /


nounplural -men
  1. informal a male newsreader or reporter: Gender-neutral forms: newsreader, reporter

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