journalist

(jér’nal-ist), n. [ Pg. jornalista = It. gio rna list a; as journal + -ist.| 1. The writer of a journal or diary. The force with which he [Gama] went out is... circumstantially described by Herman Lopez de Castaneda, contemporary writer, and careful journalist of facts. Mickle, Di ertation on the Lusiad, App. 2. A person who conducts a public journal or regularly writes for one; a newspaper editor, eritic, or reporter.