# columnist

Pronunciation: US say "KAH-luhm-nist" /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/; UK say "KO-luh-mist" /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/

## Noun

1. A person who regularly writes a column for a newspaper or magazine.
   - Simple: Someone who writes a regular article for a newspaper or magazine.
   - _The newspaper hired a new columnist to cover political affairs._
   - _Several columnists weighed in on the scandal during the election season._

## Origin

Formed from "column" plus the suffix "-ist", tracing back through Latin and Greek, ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/columnist (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).