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columnist

[ kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist ]

noun

  1. the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.


columnist

/ -əmnɪst; ˈkɒləmɪst /

noun

  1. a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper

    a gossip columnist

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of columnist1

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; column + -ist
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“We want to go beyond just the talking points,†Rampell, a Washington Post columnist, said of the new show, “The Weekend: Primetime.â€

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Burns tried to rectify this but succumbed to sentimentality, as foreign affairs columnist Patrick Lawrence explained in his 2017 rejoinder to the series and, well, my impression of it:

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Social media users and newspaper columnists have been offering opinions about whether the English singer and presenter looked better before or after.

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He recently told a Times columnist that he picks up several shifts a month.

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Yeah, I’m talking, for instance, about New York Times columnist David Brooks calling for mass action against the Trump regime and quoting the “Communist Manifesto,†pretty much non-ironically.

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