anchorman

See also Anchorman

English

Etymology

From anchor +‎ man.

Noun

Wikipedia anchorman (plural anchormen)

1. The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
2. (athletics) The most reliable runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
3. (nautical) The person on a ship in charge of the anchor. [10th or 11th century]

Translations

TV host

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مذيع أخبار (ar) (mudii3 'akhbaar) m, قارئ أخبار (ar) (qaari' 'akhbaar) m, مقدم أخبار (ar) (muqáddim 'akhbaar) m, مذيع (ar) (mudii3) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主持人 (cmn) (zhǔchírén)

• Danish: programvært (da), ankermand (da), tv-vært (da), studievært (da)
• Dutch: nieuwslezer (nl) m, nieuwsanker (nl) m
• Finnish: juontaja (fi), uutisankkuri (fi)
• French: présentateur (fr)
• German: Anchorman (de) m, Leitgesicht (de) n
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: anchorman (it) m
• Japanese: アンカーマン (ja) (ankāman)
• Polish: prezenter (pl) m
• Portuguese: âncora (pt) c
• Russian: телеведущий (ru) (televedúščij) m, ведущий (ru) (vedúščij) m, диктор (ru) (díktor) m
• Spanish: presentador de noticias (es) m
• Swedish: nyhetsankare (sv)
• Thai: หัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง (th) (hŭa rîeow hŭa raeng)
• Turkish: spiker (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

runner

• Finnish: ankkuri (fi)

• Italian: frazionista (it) m and f

nautical: person in charge of the anchor

• Finnish: ankkurimies (fi)
• Latin: proreta (la) m

• Polish: kotwicowy (pl) m

---

Italian

Noun

anchorman m (invariable)

1. anchorman (radio/TV)