Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

newscastress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: news-cas-tress
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female newscaster.

Example Sentences

"She thought of herself for a moment as a company president, brain surgeon, television newscastress, professional football coach."
"A noted newscastress pronounces 'duchess' with an accent on the second syllable."
"On Radio Avila that morning, the newscastress spoke so rapidly that the Tarbuttons could only catch the drift of the events that had overtaken them as well as the distressed Colonel Jimenez."
"The video rolled on relentlessly: the newscastress explaining that they had a Home Movie clip of Kathryn's skating debut, of Kathryn Byrne and her very special sister[…]"

Etymology

From newscaster + -ess.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: newscaster

Inflected Forms

newscastresses (plural)

Synonyms

newsreaderess

Questions

What does newscastress mean?: A female newscaster.
Where does newscastress come from?: From newscaster + -ess.

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