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sportscastress

sportscastress noun: a female sportscaster.

Noun

sportscastress (plural sportscastresses)

  1. (rare) A female sportscaster.
    • A few grapefruit league scores and an introduction to the sportscastress as the hostess of the Monday session was about all there was time for, apart from a plug for N. Y. Giant-owned Mayfair Inn in Sanford, Fla., where viewers were assured / (Continued on page 11)1952 April 5, The Billboard, page 3, column 5
    • Mrs. Chastain, born in Knoxville, Tenn., raised in Atlanta, Ga., and married to an industrial designer, was packing for a trip and somewhat harried when called this week to see how she felt about her new job. “I knew I’d probably sign up with CBS,” laughed the sportscastress, who slightly resembles...1974 October 27, Green Bay Press-Gazette, page 80

Examples of sportscastress in a sentence

  • “I knew I’d probably sign up with CBS,” laughed the sportscastress, who slightly resembles Mary Tyler Moore.1974 October 27, Green Bay Press-Gazette, page 80:
  • Asked about Jane Chastain, the sportscastress from Miami, Wussler said, “She hasn’t got off to the best possible start.”1974 November 14, Florida Today:
  • Berler is now a full-fledged "sportscastress," with a regular time slot.1991, W.C.D.B. 91FM Program Guide:
  • Nah she's just a "cookie cutter blonde"* / *To use a phrase that SOMEONE here used about another sportscastress.2003 May 13, Bob Noonan, “Re: So much for Melissa”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sea-seahawks (Usenet), message-ID...

Forms of sportscastress

pluralsportscastresses

Origin of sportscastress

From sportscaster + -ess.

Questions about sportscastress

What does sportscastress mean?
Sportscastress means a female sportscaster.
How do you use sportscastress in a sentence?
“I knew I’d probably sign up with CBS,” laughed the sportscastress, who slightly resembles Mary Tyler Moore.
What part of speech is sportscastress?
Sportscastress is a noun.
What is the plural of sportscastress?
The plural of sportscastress is sportscastresses.

Words near sportscastress in the dictionary

  1. sportscars
  2. sportscast
  3. sportscaster
  4. sportscasters
  5. sportscasting
  6. sportscastress
  7. sportscastresses
  8. sportscasts
  9. sportscoat
  10. sportscoats
  11. sportsdom

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