/ˈnjuːzˌwɪmɪn/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌwɪmᵻn/.newswomann.
/ˈnjuːzˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌwʊm(ə)n//ˈnjuːzˌwɪmɪn/, U.S. /ˈn(j)uzˌwɪmᵻn/. 1. A female newspaper seller. Now rare.
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1858 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 642/1 The newswomen in the streets were shrilly proclaiming some new triumph of the imperial arms.
1892 Scribner's Mag. May 531/1 The reporters asked the..newswoman at the bridge entrance which boy it was.
1937 H. Jennings et al. May 12th Mass-observ. Day-surv. ii. 105 Coming up Haymarket a newswoman cries ‘Morning paper’.
2. A female journalist, esp. a television news reporter.
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society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > female
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1957 G. Greene in Mademoiselle Mar. 171/2 Few newswomen care to accept special treatment.
1975 Publishers Weekly 22 Sept. 88/3 Interviews with some of America's most successful television newswomen, as well as with male news executives.
2000 Sunday Star-Times (N.Z.) (Electronic ed.) 22 Oct. She has written five books about the antics of TV newswoman Robin Hudson.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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