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news⋅pa⋅per⋅wom⋅an

  [nooz-pey-per-woom-uhn, nyooz-, noos-, nyoos-]
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–noun, plural -wom⋅en.
1. a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
2. a woman who is the owner or operator of a newspaper or news service.
Origin:
1880–85; newspaper + woman

Usage note:
See -woman.
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news·pa·per·wom·an   (nōōz'pā'pər-wŏŏm'ən, nyōōz'-)   
n.  

  1. A woman who owns or publishes a newspaper.

  2. A woman who is a newspaper reporter, writer, or editor.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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