reporter English · revision 5884

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1386|origins=xno reportour}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /rɪˈpɔː.tə/, US /rɪˈpɔːr.t̬ɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English reportour, [[bor|xno|reportour]], Old French reporteur (modern French rapporteur), or else an agent noun from [[report]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) later altered to match [[-er]].^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One who reports or relates something: about 1386 in the OED, about 1400 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th and 17th centuries a reporter was often a tale-bearer.^(Etymonline) One appointed to draw up a report is from 1625,^(OED 1989) and one who takes down reports of law cases from before 1617, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The newspaper reporter, who gathers news or reports debates, is from 1798, and the word appears in newspaper titles from 1797.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) French reporter in this sense is a 19th-century borrowing from English.^(Etymonline) In the United States, a dog that finds a covey of birds is from 1895.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1386 – one who relates.^(OED 1989)

+ * a1617 – a law reporter.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1625 – one who draws up a report.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1797 – in newspaper titles.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1798 – a news reporter.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who collects and reports [[news]] for a newspaper or broadcaster.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person who writes official reports of [[court]] cases or debates.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reportorial]]

+ * [[reportorially]]

+ * [[court reporter]]

+ * [[cub reporter]]

+ * [[police reporter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[report]]

+ * [[portable]]

+ * [[rapporteur]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}