单词 | paragrapher |
释义 | paragraphern. Journalism. A journalist (usually freelance) who writes paragraphs for newspapers (paragraph n. 1c). ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > writer of paragraphs paragrapher1784 paragraphist1786 1784 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1938) VI. 164 I have tar enough for the whole tribe..mock Patriots, Paragraphers-Blackguards and all. 1822 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 362* I detest news-writers—paragraphers—spouting-club speechifiers. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 10 July 2/1 The play unheralded by the paragrapher or the Press. 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 319 Paragraphers are paid on space rate—that is by the line. You write a nice little paragraph of ten lines, and you will find it cut down to two. 1939 N.Y. Herald Tribune 2 Dec. 9/2 George Jessel's newest pick-me-up which is receiving attention from the town's paragraphers is called a Bloody Mary: half tomato juice, half vodka. 1982 R. L. White in Amer. Notes & Queries Mar.–Apr. 111/2 Newspaper paragraphers quoted her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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