anchorperson
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈæŋkərˌpɜrsən/
- US
:
presentador
- I'd drop my drawers to fart on overpaid anchorpersons.
- television anchorperson
Examples
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A central characteristic of the YES broadcasts at the end of the campaign was a long interview with Pinochet and his wife by two of the program anchorpersons.
Academic text (1992) -
We've got... anchorpersons... and... talking heads.
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- Anchorperson.
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As a belated recognition of this success, the YES program introduced three anchorpersons (two men and a woman), but only after a couple of weeks.
Academic text (1992) -
The image disappears to darkness, over which Doc's scream of mortal terror and agony can be heard before the blackness is suddenly replaced by a station identification card and then a very harried anchorperson at a studio desk.
Fiction book (1992) -
The anchorperson skillfully introduced the live report from the scene of the accident.
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During the broadcast, the anchorperson presented the latest updates on the weather and traffic.
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She became a well-known anchorperson after successfully covering significant events on national television.
Synonyms
168
4.8
A person who presents a live news program on television
42
2.9
A person who reads the news on TV or radio
22
4.1
A male television news host who introduces reports and links stories
6
5.7
A woman who presents and brings together news on TV or radio
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2.8
A person who reads the news on television or radio
A person who presents and reports news on television
A woman who presents news on television
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word anchorperson comes from anchor, a heavy object that keeps a ship still and means 'to hold in place', and person, so it names someone who 'holds' a news show together like an anchor holds a ship.