newspaperman

noun

news·​pa·​per·​man ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər-ˌman 

ˈnyüz-,

ˈn(y)üs-

: a person who owns or is employed by a newspaper

Examples of newspaperman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Throwing his cell phone out the window is exactly the action taken by Kinnick – who, like the author himself, is a former newspaperman, and who, again like the author, was reared and still lives in Spokane, WA. —Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 10 June 2025

The former Chicago newspaperman’s script for the silent film was only 18 pages long. —Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025

McCarthy’s office had hired two newspapermen from the Washington Times-Herald to assemble the speech text for him. —Made By History, TIME, 9 Feb. 2025

Thanks to these translations, English-speaking readers are in a better position to ponder the mystery of how a timid, apolitical newspaperman wrote one of the most haunting novels of the age of Fascism and war. —Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for newspaperman

• assemblyman
• carbofuran
• catamaran
• chipewyan
• illinoian
• nurseryman
• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• crankpin

Kids Definition

newspaperman

noun

news·​pa·​per·​man -ˌman 

: one who owns or is employed by a newspaper

especially : one who writes or edits copy for a newspaper