Etymology

pressman

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Today it means: Someone who operates a printing press. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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The story

From press + man.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. Someone who operates a printing press.
  • from 19th c. A journalist or newspaper reporter.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.