telecastress

English

Etymology

From telecaster +‎ -ess.

Noun

telecastress (plural telecastresses)

  1. (dated, very rare) A female television broadcaster.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 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:
      Viola Drawdy wondered about Tampa Bay Surfs. Andrea Kirby, Sarasota’s sports telecastress, asked how about Tampa Bay Tans.
    • 1974 September 6, Pat Livingston, “Bad Time for a Break”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 91, number 74, Pittsburgh, Pa., →OCLC, page 26, column 1:
      Sprawled out on the dugout bench, a picture of contentment, Danny Murtaugh sprayed a stream of tobacco juice onto the red gravel floor. “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 18, Earl Wilson, “Alive & Well in Show Biz”, in The Press, Atlantic City final edition, Atlantic City, N.J., →OCLC, page 35, column 2:
      PRODUCER DAVID MERRICK recently sued a telecastress and her stations for several million $ for saying that big stars wouldn’t work for him . . .
    • 2009 November 13, My Damn Channel, “Wainy Days 18: "The Sublet" -- REMASTERED!”, in YouTube‎[1] (video):
      TELECASTRESS: Welcome to News 7. I'm your host, Colleen Kurtz.
    • [2024 April 30, u/, “list of thing I would buy as a rich person”, in r/notinteresting‎[2] (Reddit post), archived from the original on 17 November 2025:

      [Zappityzephyr:] I thought that [“Fender Telecaster”] said "Female Telecaster"

      Telecastress. Or should it be Telecastrix?      ]
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