announceress
announceress noun: a female announcer.
Noun
announceress (plural announceresses)
- A female announcer.
- The other day I heard a programme on the wireless: Jazz in miniature or something, records by [Louis] Armstrong. Several things struck me; […] [Sidney] Bechet’s phrase after Armstrong’s second pronouncement of ‘You take the T & P, I’ll take the L.M.N,’ or whatever it is, in 2.19 Blues (or “two one...1943 November 6, Kingsley Amis, “To Philip Larkin […]”, in Zachary Leader, editor, The Letters of Kingsley Amis, Hammersmith, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2000, →ISBN, page 10
- “Things are brightening up wonderfully,” said James. “What a good thing you tuned in.” / “I don’t recognize this announcer, do you?” I asked. / “Squeaky, rather. One of the announceresses, I dare say.”1947 December 3, Eric [Keown], “Short Wave”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CCXIII, number 5580, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 529, columns 2–3
Forms of announceress
| plural | announceresses |
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Origin of announceress
From announcer + -ess.
Questions about announceress
- What does announceress mean?
- Announceress means a female announcer.
- What part of speech is announceress?
- Announceress is a noun.
- What is the plural of announceress?
- The plural of announceress is announceresses.
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