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Definition of "newspaperwoman" [newspaperwoman]

  • A woman who owns or publishes a newspaper. (noun)
  • A woman who is a newspaper reporter, writer, or editor. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "newspaperwoman" in a sentence
  • "I became friends with Doug and his newspaperwoman wife Kathy, both of them helpful in every way in showing me panhandle history and mores."
  • "Another was an American newspaperwoman who roved around France, undeterred by a wooden foot she called Cuthbert."
  • "Many years after the Wall Street affair, John W. McCormack was visited by a newspaperwoman in his Boston office, where, at age 81, he still conducted business."