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paragrapher

American  
[par-uh-graf-er, -grah-fer] / ˈpær əˌgræf ər, -ˌgrɑ fər /
especially British, paragraphist

noun

  1. a person who writes very short pieces or fillers for a newspaper.


Etymology

Origin of paragrapher

1815–25; paragraph ( def. ) + -er 1

Example Sentences

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An American lady paragrapher writes with malice that she is always able to go to sleep at her customary hour when reading Howells.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ambush was done skillfully: one anonymous paragrapher wrote slyly that a reader "has been for several days afflicted with a lethargy, owing to the perusal of three chapters" of Hawkins' book.

From Time Magazine Archive

So rare is the professional paragrapher that Vaughan is occasionally credited with being the last of the breed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bill Vaughan, a latecomer to the trade, became a paragrapher by chance.

From Time Magazine Archive

He began as a paragrapher in St. Louis, quickly achieving somewhat more than a merely local reputation.

From A Little Book of Western Verse by Field, Eugene