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dateliner

dateliner noun: an article that is published under a dateline.

Noun

dateliner (plural dateliners)

  1. An article that is published under a dateline.
    • The telegraph editor can use the undated as the top of the weather story and tack as many dateliners as he cares on the bottom, with the best coming first.1946, Robert Miller Neal, Editing the Small City Daily, page 224
    • A second Punta del Este dateliner, by Juan de Onis, quoted Secretary of State Dean Rusk giving the official U. S. view, which had already been reported extensively by Kenworthy and Szuie.1958, Publication - Issues 1-134, page 93

Forms of dateliner

pluraldateliners

Origin of dateliner

From dateline + -er.

Questions about dateliner

What does dateliner mean?
Dateliner means an article that is published under a dateline.
What part of speech is dateliner?
Dateliner is a noun.
What is the plural of dateliner?
The plural of dateliner is dateliners.

Words near dateliner in the dictionary

  1. dateless
  2. datelessness
  3. datelike
  4. dateline
  5. datelined
  6. dateliner
  7. dateliners
  8. datelines
  9. datelining
  10. DATEM
  11. datemark

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