a newspaper having a format between that of a broadsheet and a tabloid, approximately 18.5 inches by 12.4 inches (47 x 31.5 centimetres)
Word origin
C20: (for sense 2) this format was first adopted by Berlin newspapers
Berliner in American English1
(ˈbɜːrlənər)
noun
Emile 1851–1929, U.S. inventor, born in Germany
Berliner in American English2
(bɜːrˈlɪnər)
noun
a native or resident of Berlin, Germany
Word origin
[1855–60; berlin + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyword, kickoff, lavabo, pipeline, specialist-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)