columnist Definition
☆ col·um·nist (käl′əm nist′)
noun
a person who writes or prepares a column, as in a newspaper or magazine
columnist Synonyms
columnist Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: After acting as deputy City editor of the Independent on Sunday she became a columnist and capital markets correspondent at the Evening Standard.
- say: She has won a National Press Award and has been What the Papers Say columnist of the Year.
- lead: Publisher's description Samuel Brittan has been one of the Financial Times ' leading columnists for nearly thirty years.
Preposition: for
- newspaper: I was working as a rock columnist for this newspaper and should, in theory, have been having the time of my life.
- magazine: The vast majority of them have written books, served as editors or columnists for various magazines, or sit on standards committees.
Adjective modifier
- syndicated: By January 1950, the rumors had reached the ears of Walter Winchell, the syndicated columnist on the New York Daily Mirror.
- outspoken: Perhaps the Purley Gazette & Advertiser is looking for an outspoken columnist.
- fifth: I suspect we were the only two fifth columnists!
- Independent: Yesterday morning, Anthony Browne was interviewed on the Today program along with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, the Independent columnist.
- respected: When the Princess was introduced to the respected columnist Ann Landers, Margaret looked at her closely.
- right-wing: Even right-wing columnists are not immune to this change of style.
Modifies a noun
- mcmanus: Columnist james mcmanus for the dear an advantage in to pay.
- Michelle: Moore columnist michelle a true conservative what's ahead in quot our society.
- james: Columnist james mcmanus for the dear an advantage in to pay.
Noun used with modifier
- gossip: To the delight of gossip columnists, she issued each wedding guest with an etiquette manual.
- newspaper: To give you an example: I can think of several newspaper columnists whose opinions I respect.
- guest: Guest columnists will entertain you with their unique views of village life the Wymsey way.
- football: Peter King, football columnist for Sports Illustrated and author.
- celebrity: The celebrity columnists of the day, such as Hazlitt, Dickens and Thackeray could rival the likes of Jenkins, Parris and Littlejohn.
- sex: He is the most widely-read syndicated sex advice columnist in North America.
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