A person busily involved in the collecting and narrating of news; spec. a gossip.

Originally (now rare): a bearer or gatherer of news; a news writer. Now usually: a male reporter or journalist; (in plural) journalists or…

A person who writes up news for publication. Formerly: spec. †a writer of newsletters (obsolete).

A person who produces or sells newsletters, newspapers, etc. Cf. mercury, n. 4.

Originally: †a newsman, a news writer. Also, esp. in later use: as the title of a journal or newspaper.

a male newspaper journalist or reporter.

(a) a female newspaper journalist or reporter; (b) a female newspaper seller.

a person employed in the news media, a journalist.

Chiefly North American. A journalist, esp. a news reporter.