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名詞

reportress (plural reportresses)

1. Alternative form of reporteress
   • 1857 July 30, The Charleston Mercury, volume XLIX, number 9989, Charleston, S.C., column 3:

     A Reportress going at large—Taking notes and dropping them—Something that was found on the road.

   • 1866 February 24, The Weekly Free Press, volume 2, number 42, Atchison, Kan., column 7:

     Not Wanted—Any would-be editors, editresses, repor ers, or reportresses, or genteel beggars or beggaresses of any kind or description.

   • 2000 December 7, The Charlotte Observer, volume 131, number 342, Charlotte, N.C., page 7E, column 2:

     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.