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Reporter

//ɹɪˈpɔː.tə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something that reports.

    "The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer."

  2. 2
    a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories wordnet
  3. 3
    A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
  4. 4
    A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
  5. 5
    A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
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  1. 6
    A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.

Etymology

From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.

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