noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An anchorman in a news program, a news anchor, newscaster.
2. 2
   someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin wordnet
3. 3
   A program for reading and posting to newsgroups.

Synonyms

All synonyms

news anchornews anchornews readernewscaster

Example

More examples

"He worked as a newsreader before he retired."

Etymology

From news + reader.

Related phrases

news anchor

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