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pressman

pressman noun: someone who operates a printing press.

Noun

pressman (plural pressmen)

  1. Someone who operates a printing press.
    • The suspicious pressmen had threatened destruction to anyone whose inventions might suspend their employment—'destruction to him and his traps.'1847, editorial staff, “Introduction of Steam Printing”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66
    • As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret
  2. A journalist or newspaper reporter.
    • "He hates pressmen, but I am in his confidence, for he knows that I will publish no more than he authorizes."1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
    • Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409
  3. One who pressgangs people into naval service.
  4. One who presses clothes.
    • a tailor's pressman

Proper noun capitalized: Pressman

Pressman (plural Pressmans)

  1. A surname.
    • Pressman said that Ingraham’s segment “sparked a torrent of republications and copycat false charges” and was amplified by Trump on Twitter.2019 November 20, Oliver Darcy, “Lawyer for impeachment witness Lt. Col Vindman demands Fox News retract ‘false and defamatory’ segment”, in CNN

pressman meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

pressman in Tamil

பத்திரிகையாளர், இதழாளர்

pressman in Malayalam

പത്രപ്രവർത്തകൻ, പ്രസ്സുടമ, പത്രലേഖകൻ

pressman in Kannada

ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ, ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯೋಗಿ

Forms of pressman

Noun
pluralpressmen
Proper noun
pluralPressmans

Plural of pressman: pressmen

Origin of pressman

From press + man.

Words formed from pressman

Questions about pressman

What does pressman mean?
Pressman means someone who operates a printing press.
What is pressman in Tamil?
Pressman in Tamil is பத்திரிகையாளர், இதழாளர். See Pressman meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pressman?
Pressman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of pressman?
The plural of pressman is pressmen.

Words near pressman in the dictionary

  1. Presslers
  2. pressless
  3. Pressley
  4. pressly
  5. Presslys
  6. pressman
  7. pressman's hat
  8. Pressmans
  9. pressmanship
  10. pressmark
  11. pressmarked

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pressman (page history and authors); Pressman (page history and authors); pressman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pressman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pressman (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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