"newscastress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: newscastresses [plural]
Etymology: From newscaster + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|newscaster|ess}} newscaster + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} newscastress (plural newscastresses)
  1. (rare, nonstandard) A female newscaster. Tags: nonstandard, rare Synonyms: newsreaderess

Inflected forms

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