pressmen

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
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
3. One who pressgangs people into naval service.
4. One who presses clothes.
   • a tailor's pressman

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