reportress

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A form of reporteress — A female reporter.

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Meanings

nounreportress (plural reportresses)

plural reportresses

  1. alternativeAlternative form 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
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    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

Origin

From reporter + -ess.

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APA

reportress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reportress

MLA

“reportress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reportress. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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