announceress

From announcer +‎ -ess.

announceress (plural announceresses)

1. (dated, rare) A female announcer.
   • 1943 November 6, Kingsley Amis, “To Philip Larkin […]”, in Zachary Leader, editor, The Letters of Kingsley Amis, Hammersmith, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2000, →ISBN, page 10:

     The other day I heard a programme on the wireless: Jazz in miniature or something, records by [Louis] Armstrong. Several things struck me; […] [Sidney] Bechet’s phrase after Armstrong’s second pronouncement of ‘You take the T & P, I’ll take the L.M.N,’ or whatever it is, in 2.19 Blues (or “two one nine” blues, as the announceress called it).

   • 1947 December 3, Eric [Keown], “Short Wave”, in Punch, or The London Charivari, volume CCXIII, number 5580, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 529, columns 2–3:

     “Things are brightening up wonderfully,” said James. “What a good thing you tuned in.” / “I don’t recognize this announcer, do you?” I asked. / “Squeaky, rather. One of the announceresses, I dare say.”

   • 1963, P. J. T. Glendening, “Pronunciation”, in Cassell’s Beyond the Dictionary in Italian […], New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Company, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 8–9:

     [I]f you tune in to the Italian radio or listen to the voices of the announcers (or more especially the announceresses) on Italian TV, you will immediately recognize the musical accent.