advice columnist
advice columnist noun: someone who writes for the advice column of a newspaper.
Noun
advice columnist (plural advice columnists)
- Someone who writes for the advice column of a newspaper.
- The columns consist of letters from men and women with problems, followed by brief answers from the advice columnist. The letters are often filled with emotion.1984, Hilarie N. Staton, Think and Write, Good Year Books, →ISBN, page 115
- Ann Landers, who sometimes wrote her columns from her bathtub, called herself “the general manager of the world,” which pretty much describes the types of questions an advice columnist might be called upon to answer.2006, Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, Extraordinary Jobs in Media, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 1
- Synonyms:
- agony aunt, agony auntie, agony aunty, agony uncle
advice columnist meaning in Marathi
advice columnist in Marathi
- someone who writes for an advice column
- सल्ला स्तंभलेखक sallā stambhlekhak
Examples of advice columnist in a sentence
- Margaret Maron, author of Winter's Child "A really plummy mystery, flawlessly plotted, that I especially loved because the heroine is an advice columnist — and a good one!"2007, Roberta Isleib, Deadly Advice, Penguin, →ISBN:
- Readers, at least contemporary ones, are aware that writing to an advice columnist is an odd place to turn for help.2017, David Gudelunas, Confidential to America: Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education, Routledge, →ISBN:
Synonyms of advice columnist
Forms of advice columnist
| plural | advice columnists |
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Origin of advice columnist
From advice column + -ist.
Questions about advice columnist
- What does advice columnist mean?
- Advice columnist means someone who writes for the advice column of a newspaper.
- What is advice columnist in Marathi?
- Advice columnist in Marathi is सल्ला स्तंभलेखक (sallā stambhlekhak). See Advice columnist meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use advice columnist in a sentence?
- Margaret Maron, author of Winter's Child "A really plummy mystery, flawlessly plotted, that I especially loved because the heroine is an advice columnist — and a good one!"
- What part of speech is advice columnist?
- Advice columnist is a noun.
- What is the plural of advice columnist?
- The plural of advice columnist is advice columnists.
Words near advice columnist in the dictionary
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