Definition of Anchorperson

1. Noun. A television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute.


Definition of Anchorperson

1. Noun. The primary reporter on a television news broadcast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anchorperson

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchorperson

anchorhold
anchorin
anchoring
anchoring villus
anchorite
anchorites
anchoritess
anchoritesses
anchoritic
anchoritically
anchorless
anchorlike
anchorman
anchormen
anchorpeople
anchorperson (current term)
anchorpersons
anchors
anchorwoman
anchorwomen
anchos
anchour
anchours
anchoveta
anchovetas
anchovetta
anchovettas
anchovies

Literary usage of Anchorperson

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Chairperson and anchorperson are in competition with the simpler and equally neutral chair and anchor. The -person compounds have also been somewhat ..."

2. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"But the anchorperson or talk show host whose face and voice are so familiar is not really a whole person to us but a “personality”, a one-dimensional person ..."

3. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"... can create a relationship through the screen between an anchorperson and the person sitting in their living room, that that person sitting in the living ..."

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