columnist

[ kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist ]

noun

1. the writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.

columnist

/ -əmnɪst; ˈkɒləmɪst /

noun

1. a journalist who writes a regular feature in a newspaper

   a gossip columnist

Word History and Origins

Origin of columnist¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; column + -ist

Example Sentences

With Venice and Telluride over and the Toronto Film Festival wrapping, Times columnist Glenn Whipp looks at an Oscar season that seems delightfully unsettled.

From Los Angeles Times

Candidates who will, in the words of centrist New York Times columnist David Brooks, “make people like me feel uncomfortable.”

From Slate

With Venice and Telluride over and the Toronto Film Festival wrapping, Times columnist Glenn Whipp looks at an Oscar season that seems delightfully unsettled.

From Los Angeles Times

“He was as cheerful as a sunrise,” Times columnist Jim Murray wrote in 1982.

From Los Angeles Times

Liz Weston, Certified Financial Planner®, is a personal finance columnist.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• correspondent
• reporter
• writer