name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pressman
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CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 S M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone who operates a printing press.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A journalist or newspaper reporter.
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noun
Meaning 4
One who pressgangs people into naval service.
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noun
Meaning 5
One who presses clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a tailor's pressman
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noun
Meaning 6
a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter
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Broader terms: journalist
Narrower terms: foreign correspondent, war correspondent
noun
Meaning 7
someone whose occupation is printing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: printer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
Narrower terms: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer, proofreader, reader, Bodoni, Gianbattista Bodoni, Bradford, William Bradford, Caxton, William Caxton, Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Goudy, Frederic Goudy, Frederic William Goudy, Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg
History
Etymology
From press + man.
Real reading context