anchorman

See also: Anchorman and anchor man

English

From anchor +‎ man. Senses 1 and 4 derive from sense 2, sense 3 is literal.

anchorman (plural anchormen)

(television, radio) The main host of a television or radio program, particularly one relating to the broadcast of news.
Synonym: anchor
(athletics) The most reliable runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
(nautical) The person on a ship in charge of the anchor. [10th or 11th century]
(blackjack) The last player in sequence, seated furthest to the right of the dealer.

TV host — see also anchor

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 c, ankermand c, tv-vært (da) c, TV-vært (da) c, studievært c
Dutch: nieuwslezer (nl) m, nieuwsanker (nl) m
Finnish: juontaja (fi), uutisankkuri (fi), ankkuri (fi)
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: anchorman m
Polish: gospodarz (pl) m, prezenter (pl) m, prowadzący m
Romanian: prezentator (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian: voditelj (sh) m, водитељ m
Thai: หัวเรี่ยวหัวแรง (th) (hŭa rîeow hŭa raeng)
Turkish: spiker (tr)
Vietnamese: dẫn chương trình truyền hình

runner

nautical: person in charge of the anchor

Unadapted borrowing from English anchorman.

anchorman m (invariable)

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