a. & sb. rare. [F. journalier daily, a day-laborer, f. journal JOURNAL.]
† A. adj. Of newspapers: Published daily. Obs.
1714. E. Lewis, Lett. to Harley, 7 May, in Dk. Portlands Papers (Hist. MSS. Comm.), V. 436. Since you left us we have several new journalier papers, viz., the Reader, the Monitor, the Patriot, and the Muscovite.
B. sb.
1. A newspaper writer, a journalist. (Not in F.)
1712. Swift, Pub. Spirit Whigs, Wks. 1738, VI. 46. This Writer is reported to be what the French call a Journalier.
1883. Hartford Courant (U.S.), 12 June. The statement made by a Broadway travelling commission firm to a journalier.
2. A day-laborer.
1891. G. Meredith, One of our Conq., xxxi. A tight-packed [third class] carriage of us poor journaliers would not have obstructed them with as much as a sneer.