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Dictionary entry overview: What does muckraker mean? â¢ MUCKRAKER (noun) The noun MUCKRAKER has 1 sense: 1. one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) Familiarity information: MUCKRAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Who FIRST used the term muckraker to describe investigative journalists and writers of the Progressive Era? President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt is said to have used it first, in 1906. He got it from a mention in the book Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, referring to a man withâ¦ a muck-rake..