n. 1 pillar, usu. of circular section and with a base and capital. 2 columnshaped object. 3 vertical cylindrical mass of liquid or vapour. 4 vertical division of a printed page. 5 part of a newspaper etc. regularly devoted to a particular subject. 6 vertical row of figures in accounts etc. 7 narrowfronted arrangement of troops or armoured vehicles in successive lines. o columnar /kalAmna(r)/ adj. columned adj. [French and Latin] columnist tkolamiustj n. journalist contributing regularly to a newspaper etc.
