sourcerer

plural sourcerers · alternative sourceror

1. informaljournalismA source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda

   All effective sourcerers are part news detective.

   2003, Sharyl Attkisson, Don Rodney Vaughan, Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, →ISBN, page 100

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   He has an opposite belief when it comes to "sourcerers," a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.

   1983, Abraham Henry Raskin, Who Said That?

   Media whistleblowers cannot be summarily characterized either as "sources" or "sourcerers".

   1992, Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, page 396

   Neither the government litigators nor the evil sourcerers could count on prevailing on any particular set of facts.

   1997, Louis S. Freeman, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, Financings, Reorganizations and Restructurings, Volumes 3-4

2. informalbusinessA procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods.

   The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!

   1989, Seafood Leader, page 30

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   Our chief "Sourcerers" are Big Jim Cameron, former News Director, WCOZ, and John McGhon, former Program Director, WDVE.

   1979, Broadcasting, page 16

   Greg D'Alesandre, "chocolate sourcerer" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.

   2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes

3. informalcomputingA programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code.

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   2013 October 2, Dan Gillmor, “In praise of Richard Stallman, GNU's open sourcerer”, in The Guardian