1.  journalist(n = noun.person) - a writer for newspapers and magazines;
is a kind of author, writer
has particulars: broadcast journalist, columnist, editorialist, correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman, gazetteer, photojournalist, penman, scribbler, scribe, sob sister, sports writer, sportswriter, alfred alistair cooke, alistair cooke, cooke, dorothy dix, elizabeth merriwether gilmer, gilmer, greeley, horace greeley, edgar albert guest, edgar guest, guest, lippmann, walter lippmann, h. l. mencken, henry louis mencken, mencken, john reed, reed, elizabeth cochrane seaman, elizabeth seaman, nellie bly, seaman, shirer, william lawrence shirer, henry m. stanley, john rowlands, sir henry morton stanley, stanley, joseph lincoln steffens, lincoln steffens, steffens, i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone, stone, t. h. white, theodore harold white, white, alexander woollcott, woollcott
Derived forms noun journalism₂, noun journalism₁

2.  journalist(n = noun.person) diarist, diary keeper - someone who keeps a diary or journal;
is a kind of writer
has particulars: pepys, samuel pepys

1.  One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist. Mickle. [1913 Webster]

2.  One whose occupation is to write for any of the public news media, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television, or internet; also, an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical. [1913 Webster]

journalist, n. a person employed to write for or edit a newspaper or journal.

Derivative:
journalistic adj. journalistically adv.

N  news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

N  recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.

broadcast journalist

1.  privilege(n = noun.attribute) - a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all;
is a kind of advantage, vantage
Derived form verb privilege₁

2.  privilege(n = noun.attribute) exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
is a kind of right
has particulars: easement, privilege of the floor
Derived form verb privilege₁

3.  privilege(n = noun.attribute) - (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship;
is a kind of right
has particulars: attorney-client privilege, informer's privilege, journalist's privilege, husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilege, physician-patient privilege, priest-penitent privilege

   privilege(v = verb.social) favor, favour - bestow a privilege upon;
is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
Derived forms noun privilege₁, noun privilege₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. [1913 Webster]
"He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman." [1913 Webster]
"The privilege birthright was a double portion." [1913 Webster]
"A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties." [1913 Webster]

2.  See Call, Put, Spread, etc. [1913 Webster]

1.  To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. [1913 Webster]
"To privilege dishonor in thy name." [1913 Webster]

2.  To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. [1913 Webster]
"He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands." [1913 Webster]

privilege, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a right, advantage, or immunity, belonging to a person, class, or office. b the freedom of members of a legislative assembly when speaking at its meetings.
2 a special benefit or honour (it is a privilege to meet you).
3 a monopoly or patent granted to an individual, corporation, etc.
4 US Stock Exch. an option.
--v.tr.
1 invest with a privilege.
2 (foll. by to + infin.) allow (a person) as a privilege (to do something).
3 (often foll. by from) exempt (a person from a liability etc.).

Derivative:
privileged adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF privilege f. L privilegium bill or law affecting an individual, f. privus private + lex legis law

VB  permit, give permission, give power, let, allow, admit, suffer, bear with, tolerate, recognize, concede, accord, vouchsafe, favor, humor, gratify, indulge, stretch a point, wink at, connive at, shut one's eyes to, grant, empower, charter, enfranchise, privilege, confer a privilege, license, authorize, warrant, sanction, intrust, give carte blanche, give the reins to, give scope to, leave alone, leave it to one, leave the door open, open the door to, open the flood gates, give a loose to, let off, absolve, release, exonerate, dispense with, ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave.

N  exemption, absence, exception, immunity, privilege, release, exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of, unblest with, immune from, not having, unpossessed, untenanted, without an owner, unobtained, unacquired, exemption, freedom, irresponsibility, immunity, liberty, license, release, exoneration, excuse, dispensation, absolution, franchise, renunciation, discharge, exculpation, exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free, released, unbound, unencumbered, irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable, excusable, bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis.

N  due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff, having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles, duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, Dei gratia, in the name of, civis Romanus sum, +a chaque saint sa chandelle.

attorney-client privilege, husband-wife privilege, informer's privilege, journalist's privilege, marital communications privilege, physician-patient privilege, priest-penitent privilege, privilege against self incrimination, privilege of the floor, water privilege