单词 | gentleman of the press |
释义 | > as lemmasgentleman of the press P11. gentleman of the press: a male journalist or reporter; frequently in plural.Sometimes ironic or humorous. ΚΠ 1797 Monthly Rev. Jan. 97 Mr. Taplin, whose fame as an ‘equestrian physician’ has subjected him to this unworthy treatment from one of the industrious gentlemen of the press. 1869 All Year Round 10 July 132/1 Defoe was not merely a gentleman of the press.., but a literary genius of the highest rank. 1943 I. Litvinov Moscow Myst. vii. 78 What makes you gentlemen of the press get wind of just what you're not meant to? 2013 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Sept. 84 He is most remembered as an old-school gentleman of the press—calm in a crisis, passionate about local news, tough on editorial accuracy. < as lemmas |
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