anchorette

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anchorette [ˌæŋkəˈrɛt]

(Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Informal (in broadcasting) a young and inexperienced anchorwoman

[from anchor (sense 5b) + -ette (sense 2)]

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No references found			There are three leading candidates: current Today anchorettes Campbell Brown and Natalie Morales, and 60 Minutes veteran and perceived front-runner Meredith Vieira. Katie Cronkite by Rebecca Dana / The New York Observer For it was apparent that, just as there was no one left with a word to say in public on the subject who was not either pro- or anti-Clinton, so it was that there was no one left who was not either pro-Miami or pro-Havana as the future residence of poor Elian, whose name as pronounced by the news anchors and anchorettes sounded so pathetically like "alien. The news from Olympus by Bowman, James / New Criterion			anchor buoy anchor cable anchor chain Anchor escapement anchor ice Anchor light anchor line extension kit anchor ring anchor rope Anchor shot Anchor space Anchor stock anchor store Anchor watch Anchor-hold Anchorable Anchorage anchorage ground Anchorate Anchored anchoress Anchoret Anchoretic Anchoretish Anchoretism anchorette anchorite Anchoritess anchoritic anchoritism Anchorless anchorman anchorperson anchors anchorwoman anchoveta anchovy anchovy butter anchovy dressing anchovy paste anchovy pear anchovy pear tree anchovy pizza anchovy sauce anchusa Anchusa capensis Anchusa officinalis Anchusa riparia anchusin anchylose anchylosis			Anchorages Anchorages Anchorages Anchorages Anchorate anchored anchored anchored anchored bulkhead anchored catalyst anchored dune Anchored Geodesic Packet Forwarding anchored graphic Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction Anchored Quantified Regular Expression anchored-type ceramic veneer anchoress anchoress anchoresses anchoret anchoret Anchoretic Anchoretic Anchoretic anchoretical Anchoretish Anchoretism anchorets anchorets anchorette Anchorhead Anchorice Anchorice anchoring anchoring anchoring anchoring Anchoring and adjustment Anchoring Bias Anchoring effect anchoring fibers anchoring filaments anchoring plaques Anchoring Protein Anchoring Protein anchorite anchorite Anchorites Anchorites Anchoritess anchoritic anchoritic anchoritism Anchorless anchorman anchorman Anchorman, the Legend of Ron Burgundy anchormen anchormen anchorperson

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