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noun jour·nal·ist \ ˈjər-nə-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

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Examples of journalist in a Sentence

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

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First Known Use of journalist

1693

journalist Synonyms

Synonyms
correspondent, intelligencer, reporter, newshound, newsman, newsperson, pressman [British]
Related Words
announcer, broadcaster, newscaster, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswoman; anchor, anchorman, anchorperson, anchorwoman; byliner, columnist, commentator; copyreader, editor; muckraker, photojournalist, police reporter, sportswriter, staffer, stringer

Other Job Terms

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

JOURNALIST Defined for Kids

journalist

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noun jour·nal·ist \ ˈjər-nə-list \

Definition of journalist for Students

:an editor or reporter of the news

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