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newsie

newsie is the alternative form of newsy.

Meaning of newsy

Noun

newsy (plural newsies)

  1. (US, informal) Someone selling newspapers; a newsboy.
  2. (Canada, US, informal) A journalist, especially a reporter.
    • Taken together, these websites resembled something of a first-person news network, a collective form of collaborative news-gathering. Ordinary people were transforming into 'amateur newsies', […]2006, Stuart Allan, Online News: Journalism And The Internet, page 61

See all 4 meanings of newsy

Forms of newsie

pluralnewsies

Origin of newsie

From news + -ie.

Questions about newsie

What is newsie the alternative form of?
Newsie is the alternative form of newsy.

Words near newsie in the dictionary

  1. newshost
  2. newshosting
  3. newshosts
  4. newshound
  5. newshounds
  6. newsie
  7. newsier
  8. newsies
  9. newsiest
  10. newsily
  11. newsiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: newsie (page history and authors); newsy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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