a journalist, esp a woman, on a newspaper or magazine who writes articles of sentimental appeal
sob sister in American English
US
Slang, Obsolete
a journalist, esp. a woman, who writes sentimental human-interest stories
sob sister in American English
noun
1.
a journalist who writes human-interest stories with sentimental pathos
2.
a persistently sentimental do-gooder
Word origin
[1910–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flashback, functionalism, isotope, spotlight, zing