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reportress en · NOUN

Etymology

From reporter + -ess.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of reporteress.
   alt of reporteress
   • A Reportress going at large—Taking notes and dropping them—Something that was found on the road. 1857 July 30, The Charleston Mercury, volume XLIX, number 9989, Charleston, S.C., column 3:
   • Not Wanted—Any would-be editors, editresses, repor ers^([sic]), or reportresses, or genteel beggars or beggaresses of any kind or description. 1866 February 24, The Weekly Free Press, volume 2, number 42, Atchison, Kan., column 7:
   • Flash: Our pal Tom Higgins caught this breathless news the other day from one of Charlotte’s talented TV reportresses: “A sure sign of winter is cold weather.” Yep, he reports, she is blonde. 2000 December 7, The Charlotte Observer, volume 131, number 342, Charlotte, N.C., page 7E, column 2:

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