columnist
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++col·umn·ist /ˈkɒləmɪst, -ləmnɪst $ ˈkɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable] TCNsomeone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine 〔报纸或杂志的〕专栏作家
Examples from the Corpus
columnist• Neal Ascherson, the award-winning writer, will be a columnist on the new newspaper.• Tony Kornheiser is a columnist for the Washington Post, and a talk-show host on WTEM.• William Wong is an independent journalist and Examiner columnist.• Stephanie Salter is a San Francisco Examiner columnist.• Dan Dorfman, the influential financial columnist, was fired by Money magazine, the magazine's managing editor said Wednesday.• The ambitious couple threw large parties, inviting celebrities and gossip columnists.• A self-confessed gossip columnist, she writes under her former married name of Lady Colin Campbell - to me her first vulgarity.• Gossip columnists from the local papers wrote about them.• One Phoenix columnist, who claimed to have covered the accident, said Mix always drove a Stutz Bearcat.• Syndicated columnist Robert Novak chatted loudly with an editor on his cellular telephone.col·umn·ist nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a especially particular who articles, someone about subject, writes
columnist
col‧umn‧ist /ˈkɒləməst, ˈkɒləmɪst, -ləmnəst $ ˈkɑː-/
noun [countable]
someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine
▪ journalist someone who writes for a newspaper or magazine: She worked as a journalist on the New York Times. | I've always wanted to be a journalist.
▪reporter someone whose job is to find out about news stories and ask questions for a newspaper, television or radio company etc: A crowd of reporters were waiting outside the house all night. | He told reporters that he had no intention of resigning.
▪correspondent someone who writes news articles or does reports about a particular subject, especially a serious one, for a newspaper or news organization: our economics correspondent | a war correspondent | He was the BBC's correspondent in Moscow.
▪columnist someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine: an influential financial columnist | a gossip columnist
▪hack informal a disapproving word for a journalist, especially one whose work is of low quality: The editor sent one of his hacks to interview the murderer’s girlfriend.
▪newsman/woman (also newspaperman/woman ) a general word for someone who works for a newspaper, especially a reporter or editor: an experienced newspaperman
▪the press newspapers and journalists in general: The press always like a good story about the royal family. | the right-wing press
▪Fleet Street the British press. This phrase comes from the street in London, where many newspapers used to have their offices: Relations between the government and Fleet Street aren't as cosy as they once were.
col‧umn‧ist /ˈkɒləməst, ˈkɒləmɪst, -ləmnəst $ ˈkɑː-/
noun [countable]someone who writes articles, especially about a particular subject, that appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine
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