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Definition: Newsman |
NewsmanNoun1. A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "newsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: NewsmanSynonyms: newsperson (n), reporter (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
News | Newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department; anchorman, anchorwoman; sportscaster; weatherman. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Newsman |
| English words defined with "newsman": Newsmen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "newsman": reporter pool. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | The newsman said not to sit on strange toilet seats (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler) And the newsman sang his same old song (Radar Love; performing artist: Golden Earring) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Newsman (2002) The Television Newsman (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Newsman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Newsman" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.31% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "newsman": TV newsman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
huntley newsman | 20 |
newsman peter | 19 |
morley newsman | 6 |
newsman pro | 2 |
arnett newsman peter | 2 |
newsman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "newsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpërndarës gazetash (newsboy), gazetashitës (news agent, newsboy, newsdealer, newshawk, newsvendor, newsy), gazetar (columnist, gazetteer, journalist, knight of the pen, newspaperman, paper boy, pressman, publicist). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кореспондент (correspondent), коментатор (commentator), вестникар (newsvendor). (various references) | |
Chinese | 新闻记者 (Newsmen). (various references) | |
French | journaliste (newspaperman). (various references) | |
German | Zeitungsverkäufer (news dealer, news vendor, newsmen, newspaper vendor, newspaperman, newspapermen), Journalist (journalist, newspaperman). (various references) | |
Hungarian | riporter (interviewer, news hawk, newsmen, reporter), rikkancs (newsboy, newsmen, paperboy). (various references) | |
Korean | 취재 기자 (Newsmen). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ewsmannay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vendedor de jornais (news-agent, newsdealer, newsvendor, paperboy), jornalista (female journalist, journalist, pressman, publicist, reporter, scribbler), jornaleiro (dataller, day-laborer, day-labourer, daysman, daytaler, jobber, newsboy, paperboy, peon). (various references) | |
Romanian | ziarist (correspondent, journalist, newspaperman, paragraphist, pressman, reporter), vânzãtor de ziar, reporter (correspondent, paragraphist, pressman, reporter), gazetar (gazetteer, journalist, pressman, reporter). (various references) | |
Russian | журналист (columnist, gazetteer, journalist, knight of the pen, pressman, pressmen). (various references) | |
Spanish | vendedor de periódicos (newsagent, newsboy, newsdealer, newshawk, newsvendor). (various references) | |
Turkish | gazeteci yazar (newspaperman, quill-driver), gazeteci (gazetteer, journalist, legman, news agent, news dealer, news vendor, newspaperman, pressman, publicist, scribe), gazete sahibi (newspaperman). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | репортер (bloodhound, newshawk, newshawker, newshound, paragrapher, paragraphist, reporter), кореспондент (correspondent, journalist), газетяр (newsboy, newshawk, newshawker, newsvendor, pressman), газетник (newshawk, newshawker, newshound), збирач новин, продавець газет (newshawk, newshawker, newsvendor, paperboy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Newsman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lewisman, Nassma, neeman, netsman, netsmen, newca, Newmap, newscan, Newzam, Nieswand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "newsman" (pronounced nuw"zma'n or nuw"zmun) |
| 4 | -z m a' n | guardsman, helmsman, jazzman, kinsman. |
| 3 | -m a' n | fisherman, anchorman, Assemblyman, Batman, bogeyman, businessman, caveman, counterman, doorman, frogman, Glassman, Hackman, handyman, journeyman, lumberman, madman, mailman, merman, middleman, milkman, Minuteman, newspaperman, nurseryman, oilman, patrolman, radioman, repairman, Sandman, serviceman, sideman, snowman, strongman, Tinman, weatherman. |
| 4 | -z m u n | backwoodsman, chrismon, headsman, jasmine, landsman, oarsman, ombudsman, salesman, seedsman, townsman, tradesmen, woodsmen. |
| 3 | -m u n | famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, abdomen, acumen, adman, admen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, Badman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, Boardman, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freedman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, Goodman, gunman, hangman, headman, henchman, henchmen, Herdman, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, Kirkman, Landman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, madmen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, Rodman, roman, rumen, salarymen, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, Woodman, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-n-s-w" | |
-2 letters: amens, manes, manse, means, mensa, names, nemas, senna, sewan, wames, wanes, weans. | |
-3 letters: amen, anes, anew, awes, awns, maes, mane, mans, mawn, maws, mean, mesa, mews, name, nans, nema, news, same, sane, sawn, seam, sewn, smew, snaw, swam, swan, waes, wame, wane, wans, wean, wens. | |
-4 letters: ane, awe, awn, ems, ens, mae, man. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-n-s-w" | |
+2 letters: newswoman. | |
+4 letters: winemakings, womanliness. | |
+5 letters: newsmagazine, newspaperman, newspapermen, womanishness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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