newsmann.
/ˈnjuːzman/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌmæn/ 1. Originally (now rare): a bearer or gatherer of news; a news writer. Now usually: a male reporter or journalist; (in plural) journalists or reporters generally.
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society > communication > information > news or tidings > [noun] > bearer of news
news tellera1586
newsmonger1592
newsman1596
newsbearer1598
novelant1602
news-bringer1608
news-carrier1612
occurrencer1648
news-sender1696
novelist1706
news messenger1849
breaker1864
society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > news-writer
newsmonger1592
newsman1596
news writer1650
Mercurist1652
postman1695
news-dealer1788
newspaper writer?1789
newspaperman1806
news scribe1823
newspaperwoman1881
newsperson1973
newsie1975
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vi. sig. R2 Cease thou bad newes-man,.. The rest my selfe too readily can spell. View more context for this quotation
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 3 I dare promise to produce more Cabinet counsels, then all the Civill and military newsmen.
1692 L. Echard (title) The Gazetteer's, or Newsman's Interpreter.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals Prol. No newsman from our session is dismiss'd.
1775 R. Cumberland Choleric Man iv. ii. 60 He has crack'd the News-man's noddle for winding his horn in his ear.
1833 T. Hook Snowdon viii, in Love & Pride III. 48 Having volunteered his labours as an amateur court newsman.
1864 H. E. Manning Let. 10 May in Misc. (1877) I. 127 His [sc. Garibaldi's] movements were chronicled as by a Court newsman.
1878 E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. Pref. 3 Of the two principal news-men, Charles Hatton writes with some humour.
1938 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Jan. 2/8 Newsmen..mourned today at the bier of Edward J. Neil..who was killed by shrapnel while covering the civil war..in Spain.
1958 Church Times 24 Jan. 4/3 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.
1989 New Yorker 5 June 75/1 Western newsmen, and particularly television cameramen, were sought out by demonstration leaders..eager to stage events for them.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of books, newspapers, or pamphlets
bookmonger1275
stationer1311
bookseller?c1475
bibliopolist1541
book merchant1653
newsboy1728
book hawker1737
bibliopole1775
newsman1775
news-vender1796
newsagent1811
news-vendor1823
newspaper vendor1830
newspaper seller1837
newspaper boy1843
newsgirl1859
newsie1875
paperboy1876
1775 M. Flinders in Gratefull to Providence (2007) I. 5 To the Newsman for Carriage…2d.
1796 C. Smith Marchmont IV. 31 A paper..carried round every Saturday by an itinerant newsman.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 155 Railway journals in the windows of its newsmen.
1885 Manch. Examiner 26 Jan. 5/4 The newsmen..selling the latest editions at double price or more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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