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Webster 1913 Edition
Reporter
Re-port′er
(-ẽr)
, Noun.
One who reports.
Specifically:
(a)
An officer or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates.
(b)
One who reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the newspapers.
Of our tales judge and
reportour
. Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Reporter
REPORTER
, n.1.
One that gives an account, verbal or written, official or unofficial.2.
An officer or person who makes statements of law proceedings and decisions, or of legislative debates.