reporter
//ɹɪˈpɔː.tə//
Forms
- Plural
- reporters
Definitions
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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1404
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English reportour
From Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.