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anchorperson

anchorperson noun: the primary reporter on a television news broadcast.

Noun

anchorperson (plural anchorpersons or anchorpeople)

  1. The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
    Synonyms:
    anchor, news anchor

anchorperson meaning in Urdu and Punjabi

anchorperson in Urdu

anchorperson
میزبان mezbān

anchorperson in Punjabi

anchorperson
میزبان mezbān, ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨ mezbān

Synonyms of anchorperson

Forms of anchorperson

pluralanchorpersons
pluralanchorpeople

Origin of anchorperson

From anchor + person, by analogy with anchorman.

Questions about anchorperson

What does anchorperson mean?
Anchorperson means the primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
What is anchorperson in Urdu?
Anchorperson in Urdu is میزبان (mezbān). See Anchorperson meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is anchorperson?
Anchorperson is a noun.
What is the plural of anchorperson?
The plural of anchorperson is anchorpersons.

Words near anchorperson in the dictionary

  1. anchorlessness
  2. anchorlike
  3. anchorman
  4. anchormen
  5. anchorpeople
  6. anchorperson
  7. anchorpersons
  8. anchors
  9. Anchorsholme
  10. anchorsmith
  11. anchorsmiths

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anchorperson (page history and authors); میزبان (Urdu) (page history and authors); میزبان (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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