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pressman

[ pres-muhn ]

noun

plural pressmen.
  1. a person who operates or has charge of a printing press.
  2. British. a writer or reporter for the press.


pressman

/ -ˌmæn; ˈprɛsmən /

noun

  1. a person who works for the press
  2. a person who operates a printing press
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of pressman1

First recorded in 1590–1600; press 1 + -man
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The Post’s pressmen went on strike, destroying the paper’s printing presses and staging a massive picket line in which one sign taunted her with her husband’s suicide: “Phil shot the wrong Graham.â€

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No labor action has stopped publication of The Times since a strike of pressmen and others in 1978, which lasted 88 days.

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His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.

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So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.

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A floor or two below, another room full of linotypists and pressmen was preparing to create the rumble of the presses that Bernstein would feel under his feet.

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