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English
Etymology
From press + man.
Noun
pressman (plural pressmen)
- Someone who operates a printing press.
2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret:As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
2009, James Mosley, edited by Michael F Suarez and Michael L Turner, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, vol. V, Cambridge, published 2014, page 166:Moxon […] gives the area required by a press and pressmen as 7 feet square, and for a frame with a pair of cases, an area 4 ft 6 in square.
- A journalist or newspaper reporter.
1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:"He hates pressmen, but I am in his confidence, for he knows that I will publish no more than he authorizes."
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: By Special Train to Llanfair”, in Railway Magazine, page 409:Quite a crowd of townspeople turned out to see the train start, and several pressmen were busily engaged in taking notes and photographs.
- One who pressgangs people into naval service.
- One who presses clothes.
- a tailor's pressman
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