anchorwoman
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anchorwomen
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noun
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sport the last woman in a team to compete, esp in a relay race
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Also called: anchor, presenter. (in broadcasting) a woman in a central studio who links up and maintains contact with various outside camera units, reporters, etc
Gender
Is it anchorwoman or anchorperson? See -woman.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of anchorwoman
First recorded in 1970–75; anchor(man) + -woman
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Or is the ambitious Atlanta anchorwoman the victim of bad luck and bad people?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
“This verdict is a victory for American society,” one anchorwoman with Fuji-TV said at the time.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
He is survived by his wife, Maria De Filippi, a lawyer who became a well-known television anchorwoman; three children, Camilla, Saverio and Gabriele; and four grandchildren.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
His wife, Lilian Tintori, a former TV anchorwoman, has been leading an international campaign for his release since he was first jailed in 2014.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2017
She poses questions like a talk show host, and supplies news to him like an anchorwoman.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
This dichotomy is a trap: An anchorwomen can always be criticized for being too Murphy or too Corky.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Fictionalized anchorwomen come in a couple of models — let’s call them the Murphy Brown and the Corky Sherwood — who represent the dual expectations for women in the role.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
But in front of that off-Broadway play is a messy, semi-relevant Hollywood movie with famous actresses playing famous anchorwomen in a morality tale whose stakes are not altogether clear.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2019
Before I could answer him, one of our second-tier anchorwomen sat in the vacant chair on my other side.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2013
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