columnist — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

   Related words

   columnfifth columnist

   Examples

   a sports columnist

   a news columnist

   More examples (3)

   a sporadic columnist

   Ann Landers, who sometimes wrote her columns from her bathtub, called herself “the general manager of the world,” which pretty much describes the types of questions an advice columnist might be called upon to answer.

   As soon as it was suggested that it was considering the Swedish model – in which men are criminalised for buying sex, but the women working in prostitution are decriminalised – a slew of prominent male columnists started arguing against this infringement on a man's right to purchase a woman's body.

Noun

1. a journalist who writes editorials

   Synonyms

   editorialist

   Broader terms

   journalist