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Definition of Newspaper column
1. Noun. An article giving opinions or perspectives.
Group relationships: Newspaper, Paper
Generic synonyms: Article
Specialized synonyms: Agony Column
Derivative terms: Columnist, Editorialist, Editorialize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Newspaper Column
Literary usage of Newspaper column
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effective House Organs: The Principles and Practice of Editing and by Robert E. Ramsay, ( (1920)
"Nearly all readers are familiar with the width of newspaper column, and so a
column of this width "looks familiar" and not unusual to them. ..."
2. Effective House Organs: The Principles and Practice of Editing and by Robert E. Ramsay (1920)
"Nearly all readers are familiar with the width of newspaper column, and so a
column of this width "looks familiar" and not unusual to them. ..."
3. How to Write Special Feature Articles: A Handbook for Reporters by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1920)
"In the narrow newspaper column, there is room for only five or six words to a line.
A paragraph of 250 words, which is the average length of the literary ..."
4. The Young Journalist: His Work and how to Learn it by J. Henry Harris (1902)
"A fair average newspaper column is twelve sticks, or two hundred and forty lines
of minion. When the column is longer the width is usually narrower than the ..."
5. Modern Advertising by Earnest Elmo Calkins, Ralph Holden (1905)
"The standard newspaper column is 13 pica ems wide or 2^ inches. The columns of
a number of papers are 13^ ems wide. Some, notably the Xew York Tribune, ..."
6. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1906)
"Is it better policy to take six-inch single newspaper column daily than a six-inch
double column every other day? There are several reasons why the six-inch ..."
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