Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A writer of a column in a publication, such as a newspaper.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled column{8} in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type of editorialist.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a journalist who writes editorials
Etymologies
- From column, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Kim, If I didn't know better, I'd swear the columnist is a man ... a typical "Good Ole Boy" Maybe she went to one of those fellas for her answer to the husband's question.”
“Tell the truth, I'm more frightened by a certain local weekly that prints a column from an extreme right-winger from Missoula, a column that fools a great number of readers into thinking that, because the columnist is a professor at a state university, he has any honesty, any merit as a rational, truth-telling journalist.”
“NOT A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR UMPS: Speaking of the umpires, this columnist is an unabashed admirer of many of them.”
covering baseball for USATODAY.com.Torre's dilemma: Choosing No. 1 starter
“To be more specific, it seems the columnist is painting conservatives with a VERY broad brush, and in the process defeating the purpose of convincing anyone of the validity of his arguments.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement
“No matter what Mr. Obama does, no network or columnist is reporting news objectively.”
“Consult your doctor before deciding whether a career as an advice columnist is the right step for you.”
“And Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist, is taking his fellow economists to task again for not offering solutions.”
“Rob, says Tareq, is telling them "the gossip columnist from the Post is creating all sorts of rumors from last night that we crashed the dinner.”
The Washington Post: Last one ever?: D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#9, Oct. 7)
“Sure, Miranda and Samantha and Charlotte are all running around like those women on Sex and the City, but Carrie Bradshaw, sex columnist, is the show's linchpin.”
The Washington Post: Karen Owen's powerpoint: sex and autobiography
“Nationals beat writer Adam Kilgore will join columnist Tracee Hamilton's online chat, First Things First, Friday morning at 9: 30.”
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