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ˈnews-man
Also newsman.
1. A bearer or collector of news; a news-writer. Also, a newspaper reporter, a journalist.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. vi. 11 Cease, thou bad newes-man!.. The rest my selfe too readily can spell. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Wars i. 3, I dare promise to produce more Cabinet counsels, then all the Civill and military news⁓men. 1693Echard (title) The Gazetteer's, or Newsman's Interpreter. 1775Sheridan Rivals Prol., No newsman from our session is dismiss'd. 1833T. Hook Love & Pride, Snowdon viii, Having volunteered his labours as an amateur court newsman. 1878Hatton Corr. (Camden) Pref. 3 Of the two principal news-men, Charles Hatton writes with some humour. 1953Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 May 2. 1958 Church Times 24 Jan. 4/3 None the less, the theatre critic or the theatre newsman, each with his seat in the stalls on most nights in the year, must sit through many weary hours. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 7/5 Some newsmen were concerned about Mr. Trudeau's talk of a government information service. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon iii. 64 Deke Slayton went outside to tell newsmen, standing in the glare of television camera lights, that the crew would soon be out. 1973Nature 2 Feb. 300/1 A high-ranking newsman from the BBC. 1974Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 3B/3 The Envoy Towers was evacuated and among its dazed occupants a newsman counted three dozen persons, children included, bleeding from head and body cuts sustained when windows blew in.
2. A man who sells or delivers newspapers.
1796C. Smith Marchmont IV. 31 A paper..carried round every Saturday by an itinerant newsman. 1848Dickens Dombey xv, Railway journals in the windows of its newsmen. 1885Manch. Exam. 26 Jan. 5/4 The news⁓men..selling the latest editions at double price or more. |