blogger

noun

blog·​ger ˈblȯ-gər How to pronounce blogger (audio)
ˈblä-
plural bloggers
: a person who writes for and maintains a blog
a food blogger
travel bloggers in Paris
One of the most valuable things I do as a blogger is read five or six news accounts of the same event and then present to my readers the bits and pieces that illuminate one another …Kevin Drum

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But according to my friend Carla Harris Carlton, a blogger and author known as The Bourbon Babe, one legend suggests the name comes from Bourbon County, Kentucky, which New Orleans merchants supposedly thought produced the tastiest whiskey. Michael Collins, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025 That list includes former Herald foreign correspondent and assistant world editor Juan Tamayo and former Herald publisher and former head of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Alberto Ibargüen, who received a special citation along with Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025 He’s left the bloggers to defend keeping Jeffrey Epstein’s secrets. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 July 2025 Leavitt cited the collapsing public trust in the traditional East Coast, West Coast media as a reason for letting bloggers and others in on questions during briefings. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for blogger

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First Known Use

1999, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blogger was in 1999

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“Blogger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blogger. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.

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