columnist
Americannoun
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the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.
noun
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a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper
a gossip columnist
Etymology
Origin of columnist
Example Sentences
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"Nowhere else in the world is like this," wrote Toronto-based columnist Chris Selley in the National Post last week.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Fellow columnist Dan Neil tried one himself—the Pivotal BlackFly, a solo-piloted aircraft free to operate in unrestricted airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Times columnist Patt Morrison, Smoglandia traces the rise, impact, and retreat of the city’s most insidious pollution.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
This new album "feels like a love letter to their home country," said Jeff Benjamin, Billboard's K-pop columnist, told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
The day before giving the speech, he’d shown an advance copy to a newspaper columnist, hoping to convince him to write a supportive piece the next day.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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