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COLUMNIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does columnist mean?
• COLUMNIST (noun)
The noun COLUMNIST has 1 sense:
1. a journalist who writes editorials
Familiarity information: COLUMNIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journalist who writes editorials
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
columnist; editorialist
Hypernyms ("columnist" is a kind of...):
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "columnist"):
newspaper columnist (a columnist who writes for newspapers)
Derivation:
column (an article giving opinions or perspectives)
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