See sourcerer on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From source and sorcerer.",
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"plural"
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}
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"pos": "noun",
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mass media",
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"ref": "1983, Abraham Henry Raskin, Who Said That?:",
"text": "He has an opposite belief when it comes to \"sourcerers,\" a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1992, Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, page 396:",
"text": "Media whistleblowers cannot be summarily characterized either as \"sources\" or \"sourcerers\".",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Louis S. Freeman, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, Financings, Reorganizations and Restructurings, Volumes 3-4:",
"text": "Neither the government litigators nor the evil sourcerers could count on prevailing on any particular set of facts.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Sharyl Attkisson, Don Rodney Vaughan, Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, →ISBN, page 100:",
"text": "All effective sourcerers are part news detective.",
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}
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"A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda"
],
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"journalism",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, journalism) A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda"
],
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"informal"
],
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"journalism",
"media"
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},
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"name": "Business",
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"All topics",
"Sciences",
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],
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1979, Broadcasting, page 16:",
"text": "Our chief \"Sourcerers\" are Big Jim Cameron, former News Director, WCOZ, and John McGhon, former Program Director, WDVE.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1989, Seafood Leader, page 30:",
"text": "The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes:",
"text": "Greg D'Alesandre, \"chocolate sourcerer\" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.",
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}
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"A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
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"(informal, business) A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
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"ref": "2013 October 2, Dan Gillmor, “In praise of Richard Stallman, GNU's open sourcerer”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "(see title)",
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"A programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code."
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"(informal, computing) A programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code."
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"etymology_text": "From source and sorcerer.",
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"ref": "1983, Abraham Henry Raskin, Who Said That?:",
"text": "He has an opposite belief when it comes to \"sourcerers,\" a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1992, Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, page 396:",
"text": "Media whistleblowers cannot be summarily characterized either as \"sources\" or \"sourcerers\".",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Louis S. Freeman, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, Financings, Reorganizations and Restructurings, Volumes 3-4:",
"text": "Neither the government litigators nor the evil sourcerers could count on prevailing on any particular set of facts.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Sharyl Attkisson, Don Rodney Vaughan, Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, →ISBN, page 100:",
"text": "All effective sourcerers are part news detective.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda"
],
"links": [
[
"journalism",
"journalism"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, journalism) A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1979, Broadcasting, page 16:",
"text": "Our chief \"Sourcerers\" are Big Jim Cameron, former News Director, WCOZ, and John McGhon, former Program Director, WDVE.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1989, Seafood Leader, page 30:",
"text": "The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes:",
"text": "Greg D'Alesandre, \"chocolate sourcerer\" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
],
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[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"procurement",
"procurement"
],
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"buyer",
"buyer"
]
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"(informal, business) A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"business"
]
},
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"English informal terms",
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"ref": "2013 October 2, Dan Gillmor, “In praise of Richard Stallman, GNU's open sourcerer”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "(see title)",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code."
],
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[
"computing",
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],
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"programmer",
"programmer"
],
[
"coder",
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],
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"(informal, computing) A programmer, a coder, someone who works with source code."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
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]
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],
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"word": "sourceror"
}
],
"word": "sourcerer"
}
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