Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who writes paragraphs; a paragrapher; specifically, one who writes paragraphs for newspapers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A paragrapher.
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- noun A writer of
paragraphs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The "paragraphist," according to Willis, was lodging in the most crowded part of Holborn, in an uncarpeted and bleak-looking room, with a deal table, two or three chairs, and a few books.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Willis called "a young paragraphist for the Morning Chronicle."
Famous Affinities of History — Complete Lyndon Orr
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The best paragraphist in the English language for the essay is Macaulay, the best model to follow for the oratorical style is Edmund Burke and for description and narration probably the greatest master of paragraph is the American Goldsmith, Washington Irving.
How to Speak and Write Correctly Joseph Devlin
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He arrays himself in court dress at the palaces of kings, receives honorary degrees at Universities, and is kept before the public by the newspaper paragraphist, without wincing or pretending to dislike it.
The Rise of the Democracy Joseph Clayton
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As he had only taken a ticket to Montreal, the latter part of the announcement, although it happened to be true, was an absolute invention on the part of the light-hearted paragraphist who had penned it.
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke
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After I returned to England an irresponsible paragraphist informed the
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) Harry Furniss
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"The long sustained deception has been dropped," says a paragraphist, "and the young man who assumed the name of 'Madame Zoyara' is now to be seen in correct masculine attire."
The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham
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Willis called "a young paragraphist for the Morning Chronicle."
Famous Affinities of History — Volume 4 Lyndon Orr
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I have not been a paragraphist for nothing: the sale was a success.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various
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The personal paragraphist of 1749 was perhaps no less inaccurate than his descendant of to-day.
Henry Fielding: a Memoir G. M. Godden
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