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newswatcher

newswatcher noun: one who watches the news; A consumer of news reporting.

Noun

newswatcher (plural newswatchers)

  1. One who watches the news; A consumer of news reporting.
    • The aim of this book is to help the newswatcher, newspaper reader, armchair strategist or student of international politics to make sense of the world by providing key facts and brief analyses of the essential issues in the international game.1991, Gerald Segal, World Affairs Companion, →ISBN, page xxi
    • Far from being better informed, heavy newswatchers can become miscalibrated.2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Forms of newswatcher

pluralnewswatchers

Origin of newswatcher

From news + watcher.

Questions about newswatcher

What does newswatcher mean?
Newswatcher means one who watches the news; A consumer of news reporting.
What part of speech is newswatcher?
Newswatcher is a noun.
What is the plural of newswatcher?
The plural of newswatcher is newswatchers.

Words near newswatcher in the dictionary

  1. newsvenders
  2. newsvendor
  3. newsvendors
  4. Newswanger
  5. Newswangers
  6. newswatcher
  7. newswatchers
  8. newsweeklies
  9. newsweekly
  10. newswire
  11. newswires

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