Columnist Meaning
/ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.
Sentence Examples
The columnist raked up some old gossip.
He has been a gossip columnist for nine years now.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The newspaper ____ wrote a daily article about local politics and events.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The famous ____ shared his opinion on the new government policy.
Word Origin & History
From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ann Landers, who sometimes wrote her columns from her bathtub, called herself “the general manager of the world,” which pretty much describes the types of questions an advice columnist might be called upon to answer."
— 2006, Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, Extraordinary Jobs in Media, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 1:
"As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body."
— 2008 February 27, Kira Cochrane, “How could it happen again?”, in The Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The newspaper ____ wrote a daily article about local politics and events.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The famous ____ shared his opinion on the new government policy.