pressman
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Definition of pressman
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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
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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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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.”
- One who pressgangs people into naval service.
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One who presses clothes.
“a tailor's pressman”
name
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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.
Words you can make from pressman
200+ playable · top: PREMAN (10 pts)
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