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newshen

newshen noun: a female investigative reporter.

Noun

newshen (plural newshens)

  1. A female investigative reporter.
    • Tuding Guinto, the first Filipino newshen to see the Korean front, had the usual curiosity of a person with a nose for news.1954, Juan F. Villasanta, Dateline Korea: Stories of the Philippine Battalion, page 164
    • This is not the Texas coming out. It's the newshen coming out.2001, Dan Jenkins, Fast Copy: A Novel, page 152

Forms of newshen

pluralnewshens

Origin of newshen

From news + hen.

Questions about newshen

What does newshen mean?
Newshen means a female investigative reporter.
What part of speech is newshen?
Newshen is a noun.
What is the plural of newshen?
The plural of newshen is newshens.

Words near newshen in the dictionary

  1. Newsham with Breckenbrough
  2. newshand
  3. newshands
  4. newshawk
  5. newshawks
  6. newshen
  7. newshens
  8. newshole
  9. newsholes
  10. Newsholme
  11. newshost

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