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Meaning of PRESSMAN

Pronunciation:  'presmun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media
  2. [n]  someone whose occupation is printing
 
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 Synonyms: correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, printer
 
 See Also: Benjamin Franklin, Bodoni, Bradford, compositor, Franklin, Gianbattista Bodoni, Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg, Johannes Gutenberg, journalist, proofreader, reader, setter, skilled worker, trained worker, typesetter, typographer, William Bradford

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Press"man\, n.; pl. {Pressmen}.
    1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing
       press.
    2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
    
  2. \Press"man\, n. [See 2d {Press}.]
    One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval
    service; also, one forced into the service.
    
 

 

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