paragrapher

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

noun

a person who writes very short pieces or fillers for a newspaper.
Also especially British, par·a·graph·ist.

Origin of paragrapher

1815–25; paragraph1 + -er1

Words nearby paragrapher

paragonite, paragould, paragrammatism, paragraph, paragraph mark, paragrapher, paragraphia, paragraphic, paraguay, paraguay tea, paraguayan

Example sentences from the Web for paragrapher

  • She saw that he had caught the spirit of the paragrapher's fling.

    A Yankee from the West |Opie Read

  • The State press took the matter up, and then the "paragrapher" had his season of merry-making.

    Old Ebenezer |Opie Read