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anchorman
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an·chor·man  (ngkr-mn)
n.
1. A man who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports.
2. Sports A man who is an anchor in a competition, such as a relay race.
anchorman [ˈæŋkəmæn]
n pl -men
1. (General Sporting Terms) Sport the last person in a team to compete, esp in a relay race
2. (Performing Arts) (in broadcasting) a person in a central studio who links up and maintains contact with various outside camera units, reporters, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anchormananchorman - a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
anchorperson, anchor
television newscaster, television reporter, TV newsman, TV reporter - someone who reports news stories via television
Translations
anchorman [ˈæŋkəmæn] N (anchormen (pl)) (TV, Rad) → presentador m (fig) → hombre clave
anchorman anchor man [ˈæŋkərmæn] n [TV or radio programme] → présentateur m
anchorman [ˈæŋkəmən] n (-men (pl)) (Radio, TV) → anchor man m inv


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Think of them as hybrids: Where once we had political operatives like Lyn Nofzinger and Lee Atwater, anchormen like Walter Cronkite, pundits like the Alsops, and comedians like Mort Sahl, all tending to their plots in the garden, now we have political opundits like Tony Snow and David Gergen, comedidits like Rush Limbaugh and Steven Colbert and Al Franken, anchoredians like Keith Olbermann and Jon Stewart.
The loud mouth: what Aristotle would like about Michael Moore by Malanowski, Jamie / Washington Monthly
I was repeatedly asked by baffled reporters, TV anchormen, and radio talk-show hosts questions like: "Didn't the 1986 legislation fixed that?
Giant pickles and broken borders by Jasper, William F. / The New American
Although he skewers all the likely suspects (the New York Times, network anchormen, congressional Democrats, celebrity pundits), Lapham does not spare those intellectuals satisfied with "the corrupting consolation of cynicism," who, "finding themselves suffocated by a climate of opinion in which dissent was disloyalty and disloyalty a crime .
Christmas Critics by Westbrook, Robert / Commonweal
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