pressman

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of pressman

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who operates a printing press.
    “As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.”
    “Moxon […] gives the area required by a press and pressmen as 7 feet square, and for a frame with a pair of cases, an area 4 ft 6 in square.”
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noun

  1. Someone who operates a printing press.
    “As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.”
    “Moxon […] gives the area required by a press and pressmen as 7 feet square, and for a frame with a pair of cases, an area 4 ft 6 in square.”
  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."”
    “Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.”
  3. One who pressgangs people into naval service.
  4. One who presses clothes.
    “a tailor's pressman”

name

  1. A surname.
    “Pressman said that Ingraham’s segment “sparked a torrent of republications and copycat false charges” and was amplified by Trump on Twitter.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From press + man.

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