单词 | newsman |
释义 | newsmann. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1596 |
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