anchorman

See also: Anchorman and anchor man

English

Etymology

From anchor +‎ man.

Noun

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: مُذِيع أَخْبَار m (muḏīʕ ʔaḵbār), قَارِئ أَخْبَار m (qāriʔ ʔaḵbār), مُقَدِّم أَخْبَار m (muqaddim ʔaḵbār), مُذِيع m (muḏīʕ)
• Catalan: presentador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主持人 (zh) (zhǔchírén)

• Danish: programvært, ankermand, tv-vært (da), studievært
• Dutch: nieuwslezer (nl) m, nieuwsanker (nl) m
• Finnish: juontaja (fi), uutisankkuri (fi)
• French: présentateur (fr)
• German: Anchorman (de) m, Leitgesicht n
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: anchorman m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: アンカーマン (ankāman)
• Polish: prezenter (pl) m
• Portuguese: âncora (pt) m or f
• Romanian: prezentator (ro) m
• Russian: телеведу́щий (ru) m (televedúščij), веду́щий (ru) m (vedúščij), ди́ктор (ru) m (díktor)
• Serbo-Croatian: voditelj (sh) m, водитељ m
• Spanish: presentador 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)
• German: Schlussläufer (de) m, Schlußläufer (de) m (old spelling, now obsolete)
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• Italian: frazionista m or f
• Tagalog: huling mananakbo

nautical: person in charge of the anchor

• Finnish: ankkurimies
• Latin: proreta m
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• Polish: kotwicowy m

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Italian

Noun

anchorman m (uncountable)

1. anchorman

Synonyms

• conduttore di telegiornale