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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A writer of a column in a publication, such as a newspaper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled column{8} in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type of editorialist.
- noun see
fifth columnist in the vocabulary.
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- noun A regular writer of a
column , such as in amagazine ornewspaper
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a journalist who writes editorials
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Examples
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Kim, If I didn't know better, I'd swear the columnist is a man ... a typical "Good Ole Boy" Maybe she went to one of those fellas for her answer to the husband's question.
Free Advice 2008
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Tell the truth, I'm more frightened by a certain local weekly that prints a column from an extreme right-winger from Missoula, a column that fools a great number of readers into thinking that, because the columnist is a professor at a state university, he has any honesty, any merit as a rational, truth-telling journalist.
New kid on the block David 2005
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NOT A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR UMPS: Speaking of the umpires, this columnist is an unabashed admirer of many of them.
covering baseball for USATODAY.com.Torre's dilemma: Choosing No. 1 starter 1999
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And Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist, is taking his fellow economists to task again for not offering solutions.
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And Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist, is taking his fellow economists to task again for not offering solutions.
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To be more specific, it seems the columnist is painting conservatives with a VERY broad brush, and in the process defeating the purpose of convincing anyone of the validity of his arguments.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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Consult your doctor before deciding whether a career as an advice columnist is the right step for you.
What’s Your Problem? 2009
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And Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist, is taking his fellow economists to task again for not offering solutions.
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No matter what Mr. Obama does, no network or columnist is reporting news objectively.
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Consult your doctor before deciding whether a career as an advice columnist is the right step for you.
What’s Your Problem? 2009
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