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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A woman who works in the production of the text of a newspaper; a reporter, editor, etc.
2. 2
   a female journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

columnistcopyreadercorrespondentcub reportereditorgazetteer

Etymology

From newspaper + woman.

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