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newshand

newshand noun: a journalist.

Noun

newshand (plural newshands)

  1. A journalist.
    • The punditocracy, from ankle-biters to bigfeet, suddenly felt itself caught in a one-sided, enamored state and needed to distance itself from charges of rampant dispensing of what cynical old newshands call “big wet kisses” to a charming fresh face.2008 April 20, William Safire, “In the Tank”, in New York Times

Forms of newshand

pluralnewshands

Origin of newshand

From news + hand.

Questions about newshand

What does newshand mean?
Newshand means a journalist.
What part of speech is newshand?
Newshand is a noun.
What is the plural of newshand?
The plural of newshand is newshands.

Words near newshand in the dictionary

  1. newsgroupie
  2. newsgroupies
  3. newsgroups
  4. Newsham
  5. Newsham with Breckenbrough
  6. newshand
  7. newshands
  8. newshawk
  9. newshawks
  10. newshen
  11. newshens

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