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Hearstling

Hearstling noun: a person working for the media empire of American businessman William Randolph Hearst.

Noun

Hearstling (plural Hearstlings)

  1. (historical, informal) A person working for the media empire of American businessman William Randolph Hearst.
    • Underwood shared the Los Angeles beat with a number of prominent women reporters who had got their start as, or who remained, Hearstlings: reporters such as Hollywood correspondent Adela Rogers St. Johns, […]2002, Kevin Starr, The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s

Forms of Hearstling

pluralHearstlings

Origin of Hearstling

From Hearst + -ling.

Questions about Hearstling

What does Hearstling mean?
Hearstling means a person working for the media empire of American businessman William Randolph Hearst.
What part of speech is Hearstling?
Hearstling is a noun.
What is the plural of Hearstling?
The plural of Hearstling is Hearstlings.

Words near Hearstling in the dictionary

  1. hearsing
  2. hearsome
  3. hearsomeness
  4. hearst
  5. Hearstian
  6. Hearstling
  7. Hearstlings
  8. hearsts
  9. hearsy
  10. heart
  11. heart and dart

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