newspaperman
新聞記者
解説 Definition
新聞社に勤める男性記者や編集者のこと。報道の仕事に携わる人。
A newspaperman is a man who works for a newspaper, especially as a reporter, editor, or writer. It is an older term and may sound dated today. Journalist or newspaper reporter is more common in modern English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`newspaper`（新聞）がそのまま見えて、そこに `man` が付いた語だと捉えると覚えやすいです。まず `newspaper` を一塊で認識し、「新聞に関わる人」→新聞記者・新聞人、という順で意味を取るのがコツ。現代では `reporter` や `journalist` のほうが一般的で、`newspaperman` はやや古風で男性寄りの響きがあります。古い記事・小説・映画で“新聞社の男”のような人物像と結び付けると定着しやすい語です。
First see `newspaper` as one whole unit, then add `man`. That gives the image of a man who works in newspapers. It sounds older and more old-fashioned than `reporter` or `journalist`, which helps fix its style in memory.
例文
The old newspaperman had covered every major political scandal for three decades.
その老練な新聞記者は30年間にわたりあらゆる大きな政治スキャンダルを取材してきた。
As a seasoned newspaperman, he knew how to find sources that others overlooked.
経験豊富な新聞記者として、彼は他の人が見落とす情報源を見つける術を知っていた。
His father was a newspaperman who believed in the power of investigative journalism.
彼の父は調査報道の力を信じる新聞記者だった。
newspaperman の類義語・関連語
newspaperman の語源・成り立ち Etymology
news・paper・man の複合語です。news は「新しい出来事」、paper はギリシャ語 papyros 由来、man は古英語 mann にさかのぼります。new や papyrus も同根で、「新情報を紙で扱う人」と捉えると新聞記者の像が自然に見えます。
Newspaperman is a compound of news, paper, and man. News comes from the idea of "new things," paper goes back through Latin to Greek papyros, and man comes from Old English mann. The word originally meant a man working with newspapers, especially in reporting or publishing. Related words include new and papyrus.
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