announceress

plural announceresses

1. datedrareA female announcer.

   [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.

   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

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   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).

   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

   “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.”

   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