Definition of Reporter

1. Noun. A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories.

Exact synonyms: Newsman, Newsperson
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Newswoman, Television Newscaster, Television Reporter, Tv Newsman, Tv Reporter
Derivative terms: Report

Definition of Reporter

1. n. One who reports.

Definition of Reporter

1. Noun. Agent noun of report; someone or something that reports. ¹

2. Noun. A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television. ¹

3. Noun. A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings. ¹

4. Noun. (legal) A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reporter

1. one that reports [n -S] - See also: reports

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reporter

repopulator
repopulators
report
report-card
report card
report cards
report out
reportability
reportable
reportable disease
reportage
reportages
reported
reported speech
reportedly
reporter (current term)
reporter gene
reporterly
reporters
reportest
reporteth
reporting
reporting verb
reporting verbs
reporting weight
reportingly
reportor
reportorial
reportorially
reportour

Literary usage of Reporter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"Rommelaere, of Brussels; Dr. Sante de Sanctis, of Roma, reporter; Prof. ... The therapeutical value of high frequence currents; reporter, Prof. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Even though a reporter may be a sworn public officer, appointed by the authority of the Government which creates the court of which he is made the reporter, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1876)
"reporter, Lewis A. Say re, MD, Prof, of Orthopaedic Surgery in Bellevue Hosp. Med. ... The Virus of Venereal Sores; its Unity or Duality. reporter. ..."

4. Journal by Indiana General Assembly. Senate, Indiana, General Assembly (1903)
"reporter OF SUPREME COURT. The following is the statement of the reporter of the Supreme Court for the years ending October 31, 11)01, and October 31, ..."

5. The Bookman (1905)
"reporter. "In other words, we should allow ourselves to be killed quietly and without ... reporter. "Then we should take up arms at the call of the Emperor? ..."

6. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Including citations of California cases in the entire reporter series. ... Shepard's Southwestern reporter citations: a compilation of citations of all ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"After the official reporter's volume and page in the heading of each case is given book and page ... Rep. refers to the well known series Federal reporter, ..."

8. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"After the official reporter's volume and page in the heading of each case is given book and page ... Rep. refers to the well known series Federal reporter, ..."

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