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telecastress

telecastress noun: a female television broadcaster.

Noun

telecastress (plural telecastresses)

  1. (dated, rare) A female television broadcaster.
    • Toni Holt, Hollywood gossip telecastress, reported on Channel 8’s 1 o’clock news recently that Cosmopolitan’s permissive-thinking editoress, Helen Gurley Brown, told her that she was planning to inaugurate the nude male centerfold in rebuttal to Playboy’s celebrated trademark of the nude lady.1971 October 12, Tom McEwen, “Not a Chance Says Johnny: Bench: Catcher in the Raw?”, in The Tampa Tribune, final city edition, 77th year, number 252, Tampa, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1-C, column 1
    • Viola Drawdy wondered about Tampa Bay Surfs. Andrea Kirby, Sarasota’s sports telecastress, asked how about Tampa Bay Tans.1974 March 9, Tom McEwen, “Name the Team—Part II”, in The Tampa Tribune, metro edition, 80th year, number 111, Tampa, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1-C, column 1

Examples of telecastress in a sentence

  • “Putting on a little weight, aren’t you, young lady?” he remarked devilishly as a lissome telecastress, Patty Burns, wandered over to the group.1974 September 6, Pat Livingston, “Bad Time for a Break”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 91, number 74, Pittsburgh, Pa., →OCLC, page 26...
  • PRODUCER DAVID MERRICK recently sued a telecastress and her stations for several million $ for saying that big stars wouldn’t work for him . . .1974 September 18, Earl Wilson, “Alive & Well in Show Biz”, in The Press, Atlantic City final edition, Atlantic City, N.J., →OCLC, page 35...

Forms of telecastress

pluraltelecastresses

Origin of telecastress

From telecaster + -ess.

Questions about telecastress

What does telecastress mean?
Telecastress means a female television broadcaster.
How do you use telecastress in a sentence?
“Putting on a little weight, aren’t you, young lady?” he remarked devilishly as a lissome telecastress, Patty Burns, wandered over to the group.
What part of speech is telecastress?
Telecastress is a noun.
What is the plural of telecastress?
The plural of telecastress is telecastresses.

Words near telecastress in the dictionary

  1. telecast
  2. telecasted
  3. telecaster
  4. telecasters
  5. telecasting
  6. telecastress
  7. telecasts
  8. telecatalog
  9. telecatalogs
  10. telecatalogue
  11. telecatalogues

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