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newspaperman

[nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-]

news·pa·per·man

[nooz-pey-per-man, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-]
noun, plural -men.
1.
a person employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
2.
the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.

Origin:
1800–10; newspaper + -man


See -man.

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newspaperman (ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpəˌmæn)
 
n , pl -men
1.  a man who works for a newspaper as a reporter or editor
2.  the male owner or proprietor of a newspaper
3.  a man who sells newspapers in the street

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