journalist
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jour·nal·ist

noun \-nÉ™-list\

Definition of JOURNALIST

1
a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium
b : a writer who aims at a mass audience
2
: a person who keeps a journal

Examples of JOURNALIST

  1. <a journalist who has won awards for two of his feature stories>

First Known Use of JOURNALIST

1693

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

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