Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hearstling

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hearstling
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person working for the media empire of American businessman William Randolph Hearst.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Underwood shared the Los Angeles beat with a number of prominent women reporters who had got their start as, or who remained, Hearstlings: reporters such as Hollywood correspondent Adela Rogers St. Johns, […]"

Etymology

From Hearst + -ling.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Hearst

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Hearstlings (plural)

Questions

What does hearstling mean?: A person working for the media empire of American businessman William Randolph Hearst.
Where does hearstling come from?: From Hearst + -ling.

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