anchorman B2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈæŋkɝˌmæn/ See IPA manual Freq #39561 Meanings 1 noun The main male presenter of a television or radio news programme. The anchorman opened the evening broadcast with the top story. 2 noun The final and usually fastest runner in a relay race team. As anchorman, he had to make up the gap in the last lap. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the main male presenter of... anchoranchorperson Word family Forms anchormen Etymology AI details From anchor + man. Senses 1 and 4 derive from sense 2, sense 3 is literal. Topics Sports & Fitness Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # anchorman **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈæŋkɝˌmæn/ **Frequency rank:** 39561 ## Meanings 1. The main male presenter of a television or radio news programme. 2. The final and usually fastest runner in a relay race team. ## Examples - The anchorman opened the evening broadcast with the top story. - As anchorman, he had to make up the gap in the last lap. ## Etymology From anchor + man. Senses 1 and 4 derive from sense 2, sense 3 is literal. ## AI Etymology Anchorman is from anchor plus man. Some figurative uses derive from the compound role, while the literal compound reading remains available. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, anchorman denotes the main male presenter of a television or radio news programme and the final and usually fastest runner in a relay race team. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness - Media & Publishing markdown