Meaning of commentatress | Babel Free

Definitions

Female equivalent of commentator.

dated, feminine, form-of

Examples

“Stiffetta’s cumbrous critiques.] A marvellous commentatreſs. Her Latin quotations to prove this prodigious fact—that Shakeſpeare had genius, are ſtrong marks of a laborious ingenuity, or an ingenious labour, take your choice—but when you are aſſured that the ſhe knows no more Latin than profeſſors of anatomy, you cannot help confeſſing that the noble lady is palpably inſpired.”

“Thornton appears to be right in considering this a far-fetched conceit on the part of the fair Commentatress.”

“The object of the Commentary seems to be to controvert the prevailing opinion—at least the Commentators (or is it Commentatresses?) seem to think it the prevailing opinion—that the Bible regards women as inferior to men.”

“Swift and deadly action; interesting people—especially pugnacious radio commentatress and erring hubby; hard-to-guess solution . . and fairly foggy motive.”

“Scott talks at length with commentatress Shirley Englehorn concerning the weighty decisions to be made.”

“The emergence of the Right-Wing Dork (RWD) as a recognizable political type, whether running for office in Britain or conspiring behind the scenes in America, is a significant development. (It may even be as significant as the roughly simultaneous emergence of the Leggy Blond Right-Wing Commentatress—a development that has gotten far more attention, for some reason.)”

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