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press⋅man

[pres-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
2. British. a writer or reporter for the press.

Origin:
1590–1600; press 1 + -man
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press·man   (prěs'mən, -mān')   
n.  
  1. A man who operates a printing press.

  2. Chiefly British A newspaper reporter.

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