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reporter

/ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/ UK
/ɹɪˈpɔɹ.tɚ/ US
/ɹɪˈpo(ː)ɹ.tɚ/
/ɹɪˈpoə.tə/

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.

noun reporters · reportor · reportour

Someone or something that reports. The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.
A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
Similar: rapporteur
A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: newsperson, newsman, journalism, reporting, news, newspaperman, newspaper, columnist, journalist, editor, presenter, stenographer, writer, broadcaster, author, reproduce

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noun journalist

Español	reportero, reportera
한국어	기자 gija, 보고자 bogoja
日本語	記者 kisha, 報告者 hōkokusha, リポーター ripōtā, ジャーナリスト jānarisuto
中文	記者 /记者 jìzhě
हिन्दी	संवाददाता samvāddātā, पत्रकार patrakār
Kiswahili	mwanahabari
Português	repórter, jornalista
Français	reporter, reporteur, reporteuse f or reportrice, rapporteur, rapporteuse, journaliste
Deutsch	Reporter, Reporterin
Italiano	giornalista, inviato, corrispondente
Ελληνικά	ρεπόρτερ repórter, δημοσιογράφος dimosiográfos
Română	reporter, reporteră
Русский	репортёр reportjór, репортёрша reportjórša, корреспонде́нт korrespondént, корреспонде́нтка korrespondéntka, журнали́ст žurnalíst, журнали́стка žurnalístka
Tiếng Việt	phóng viên, nhà báo, ký giả
العربية	مُرَاسِل murāsil, مُرَاسِلَة murāsila, صَحَافِيّ ṣaḥāfiyy, صَحَافِيَّة ṣaḥāfiyya

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"reporter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/reporter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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reporter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/reporter

Chicago

"reporter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/reporter.

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@misc{reporter_2026,
  title = {reporter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reporter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}