reporter

/ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/
noun

Someone or something that reports.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Someone or something that reports.

    “The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.”

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

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

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

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.

Similar and opposite words

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rapporteur

REPORTER at a glance

REPORTER has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + P 3 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,899 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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